Re: Good ReStructuredText editors

Hi,

* Virgil Arrington <[email protected]> [12.12.2014 22:39]:
> I've downloaded both VIM and Emacs, and I must say they both look 
> impressive in their respective feature sets, and their users seem 
> fiercely loyal. But, in both cases, as soon as I try to start using 
> them, the learning curve hits me in the face. They are sooooo different 
> from anything else I've ever used. I'd really like to learn them (or one 
> of them), but right now, it's a little like tackling Greek.

One of the most important Vim-Plugins for writing Restructured Text may be
snipMate:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2540

With this plugin, you can define your own keyboard shortcuts in a way like this:

--------------------

snippet abbrev
	template

Example:

snippet toc

	.. toctree::
		:maxdepth: 2

		${1}

--------------------

In the example above, when you write "toc" and hit the tab-key (or whatever key
you choose as a trigger), the plugin replaces your input with the given template
and puts your cursor at the position ${1}. In this way, you can even have
LaTeX-Code-Completion within Restructured-Text-Files.

I don't know if Emacs also comes with such a feature.

Greetings,

Bernhard


P.S.: You can call "vimtutor" in a shell to learn the very basics of Vim.

P.P.S.: If you also have Vim-LaTeX-Suite installed, you can use <++> as further
jumping points inside of your templates. With a line like 

imap <c-l> <PLUG>IMAP_JumpForward

in your Vim configuration file, you can jump to the next <++> mark by typing
``Ctrl l`` in insert mode. I use this quite often..

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