Re: Editor for Unix

Marc Brooks <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:51:49 -0600
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I recommend you build a canoe instead.


On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Curt Hagenlocher <[email protected]>wr=
ote:

>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion; I may try it.
>
> The root of my frustration turned out not to be an editor thing at all,
> but a key mapping thing. The solution is apparently to edit xorg.conf and
> add a "numpad:microsoft" to an appropriate place. (Different versions of
> Linux and/or X may have slightly different changes required.)
>
> Unfortunately, after I did this, my VM image no longer boots correctly. I
> don't think this was the change that was responsible; VirtualBox was givi=
ng
> me warnings even before I made it.
>
> I'm taking a few weeks off and haven't decided yet whether to spend it on
> Linux or Win8...
>
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Shawn A. Van Ness <[email protected]>w=
rote:
>
>>  Sorry I'm late to this thread.
>>
>> Komodo Edit -- it's free, runs on Mac Linux and Windows, and is very
>> Windows-oriented UI.   Surprisingly VS-like.  In fact, as a general purp=
ose
>> editor, I like it more than I like VS.
>>
>> http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit
>>
>> -S
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Kim Gr=C3=A4sman <[email protected]=
>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey Curt,
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Curt Hagenlocher <[email protected]>=
wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Twenty years ago, I was totally fluent in Emacs. Twenty years is a lon=
g
>>>> time, and I've gotten quite accustomed to the basics shared by all
>>>> Windows-based editors: control-arrow to move between words, shift-arro=
w to
>>>> highlight, control-C, control-V, control-X, etc. I'm sure I can setup =
the
>>>> appropriate key bindings in Emacs, but I'm old and lazy and this is no=
t
>>>> what I want to be playing with now. So is there some other text editor=
 I
>>>> can just download and immediately be productive in?
>>>>
>>>> The OS is Linux not OS/X, and the text being edited is C++.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm trying to use Emacs as my primary editor on Windows to get a feel
>>> for what development on a Unix box might be like.
>>>
>>> Do you have any good tips for C++ mode enhancements? As soon as I want
>>> to navigate code, I miss Visual Studio (or rather Visual Assist.)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> - Kim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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      <p>I recommend you build a canoe instead.<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><=
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<div>Thanks for the suggestion; I may try it.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>Th=
e root of my frustration turned out not to be an editor thing at all, but a=
 key mapping thing. The solution is apparently to edit xorg.conf and add a =
&quot;numpad:microsoft&quot; to an appropriate place. (Different versions o=
f Linux and/or X may have slightly different changes required.)</div>


<div>=C2=A0</div><div>Unfortunately, after I did this, my VM image no longe=
r boots correctly. I don&#39;t think this was the change that was responsib=
le; VirtualBox was giving me warnings even before I made it.</div><div>=C2=
=A0</div>


<div>I&#39;m taking a few weeks off and haven&#39;t decided yet whether to =
spend it on Linux or Win8...<br><br></div><div><div class=3D"h5"><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Shawn A. Van Ness <span d=
ir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">sav=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>



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<div>Sorry I&#39;m late to this thread.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div>Komodo E=
dit -- it&#39;s free, runs on Mac Linux and Windows, and is very Windows-or=
iented UI.=C2=A0=C2=A0 Surprisingly VS-like.=C2=A0 In fact, as a general pu=
rpose editor, I like it more than I like VS.</div>




<div>=C2=A0</div><div><a href=3D"http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit</a></div><span><font=
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<div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Kim Gr=C3=
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Hey Curt,<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div>On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:1=
9 PM, Curt Hagenlocher <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:curt@hagenlo=
cher.org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<bloc=
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<div>Twenty years ago, I was totally fluent in Emacs. Twenty years is a lon=
g time, and I&#39;ve gotten quite accustomed to the basics shared by all Wi=
ndows-based editors: control-arrow to move between words, shift-arrow to hi=
ghlight, control-C, control-V, control-X, etc. I&#39;m sure I can setup the=
 appropriate key bindings in Emacs, but I&#39;m old and lazy and this is no=
t what I want to be playing with now. So is there some other=C2=A0text edit=
or I can just download and immediately be productive in?</div>






<div>=C2=A0</div><div>The OS is Linux not OS/X, and the text being edited i=
s C&#43;+.</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>I&#39;m trying to us=
e Emacs as my primary editor on Windows to get a feel for what development =
on a Unix box might be like.</div>





<div><br></div><div>Do you have any good tips for C&#43;+ mode enhancements=
? As soon as I want to navigate code, I miss Visual Studio (or rather Visua=
l Assist.)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>- Kim</div></div>






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