On Sunday, September 03, 2017 11:30:09 AM Larry Dighera wrote: > On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:46:33 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >I do occasionally use vi (when > >I'm stuck with no other editor), but I wouldn't wish either on a novice > >programmer. Further, I don't think they have any advantage over a good > >GUI editor with features like a scripting language, keyboard macros, > >outlining / folding, syntax highlighting, and such.
... > With regard to the missing features being lamented above: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-vim-script-1/index.html > http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/01/vi-and-vim-macro-tutorial-how-to-record > -and-play/ https://majutsushi.github.io/tagbar/ > > For syntax highlighting, simply write: "Esc:syntax on" to activate the > builtin. Hmm, I guess I need to clarify--I wasn't lamenting or trying to imply any missing features in vi/vim or Emacs, but rather trying to respond to others who seemed to believe such features didn't exist in many GUI editors.
