[Hidden-tech] Text/Code Editor

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:32:27 -0400 "nestor at fuzzy-math.com" <nestor at fuzzy-math.com> wrote:

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> Hi list,
> 	One of the key separations between the "(wo)men" and "boys(girls)"  
> when it comes to coding seems to be the tools one uses.  I'm  
> interested, specifically, in text editors.  I remember firs finding  
> out, around the age of 8, that computers were programmed in nothing  
> more complicated than a text file.  Now, I would shortly come to  
> understand the exact complexities involved in that abstraction, but  
> the statement is still mostly true.  The question I have for y'all  
> is:  How do YOU code?  There's such a wide range of tools out there,  
> from texteditir, notepad, vi.. to IDE's like Eclipse and Xcode. What  
> software do you use to write your code?

I use MicroEmacs 3.10 under Linux, in a plain *old school* XAW flavored
X-Term (traditional UNIX x-term). I don't use an IDE.  I *hate*
colorful text editors (I don't like syntax highlighting -- it is
distracting).  Mono font, uncolored text editor.  No menus, strictly
keyboard interface.  I use automake, autoconf, gnu make, standard GNU
toolchain (gcc, binutils), etc. in another x-term as my build tools.  I
code mostly in Tcl/Tk (high-level, cross-platform, GUI) and C/C++
(low-level OS netural libraries). I also use LaTeX for documentation
(again using MicroEmacs 3.10 for editing the text).

I am male, 57, and have used computers since I was 16 (DTSS on Model 33
and 35 terminals) and have *never* use MS-Windows, ever -- I went
straight from Vax/VMS (via VT100/H19/VT220 to VaxStation 2000/3000) to
UNIX (Ultrix (DECStations), SunOS (SparcStations), Irix (SGIs), OSF
(AlphaStation)) to Linux (random commodity PCs), completely skipping
both MS-Windows.

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> --Just to be clear, I'm not asking for a recommendation, but I am  
> hoping that the thread will help to open up options for myself and  
> others.  Just to start the ball rolling:
> 
> I use TextWrangler on a mac, notepad++ on  Windows, and usually nano  
> on Linux.
> I'd be really interested in a programmers text editor with syntax  
> highlighting, etc on Linux though.
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