Damien wrote: > > > I am not a newbie (using Debian for 3 years now, programming with pico for > > 5), I prefer clean interfaces, and to remain outside of the jihad of > > editors. > > pico is clean the same way the microsoft windows interface is clean. reality > is you've become quite adept in pico, despite its lacking as a text editor. > rather than invest the energy to learn something more suited to the task > (programming in pico? argh!) you find it easier to continue with what you > know. > > which is fair enough, too. a lot of people do it. but i wouldn't call pico > 'clean' > > ;o)
Well, I've entered the thread right now, but I wonder why nobody talked about emacs. I think it's simply great for everything. If you have to learn "one" editor, emacs is the right choice (sounds like a commercial, doesn't it ;-) Bye, Stefano -- *********************************************** Stefano Calza Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria Università degli Studi di Milano Via G. Venezian, 1 20133 Milano tel. +39 02/2361302, 02/70600908 fax 02/2362930