Re: Good ReStructuredText editors

On 12/14/2014 08:18 AM, Peter Funk wrote:
> Did you know that both VIM and Emacs today also come with
> a decent graphical user interface which can help you a lot as
> training wheels on your first steps?
Yes, both versions of VIM and Emacs that I have downloaded have that 
feature and it is helpful.
> Since you mentioned gedit I assume you are using some flavor of Linux.
> Back to your original question: The Tools menu of gvim contains
> a sub menu called: "Folding" which allows to collapse and expand
> chapters, sections and subsections of large documents at will.

Yes, that's what I'm looking for. I've read about "folding" but never 
understood the term. I've only seen it used in the VIM or Emacs world.

> I'm pretty sure that the other text editors (Emacs, Leo) will provide
> similar features.

I've been impressed with Geany. It has a separate panel showing section 
headings. I also like the way you can create your own build commands for 
different systems, such as LaTeX, MarkDown and ReStructuredText. I 
imagine VIM and Emacs can do the same thing, but it'll be a while before 
I can figure it out.

One thing I've noticed is that there are many different uses for these 
programs. I'm sure many of you are programmers or web developers who 
need the features in programs like VIM and Emacs. I just like writing 
prose mostly for fun, or for various academic endeavors. In the past, my 
writing was mainly printed out on paper. Now, more often than not, I'll 
format it to my Kindle and never print out a hard copy. This is where I 
like ReStructuredText.

Thanks to all for your suggestions. It's nice to know that there are 
powerful options out there.

Virgil

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