[mdlug] Linux Text Editors -- Try Cooledit

[Michael Corral]

Le 2023-01-06, Monsieur LAP a ecrit:
> Based on this, I tried VIM.  Immediately I was dead in the water.
>
> Why?  Because VIM uses "modes."
>
> IMO, modes in a text editor is the most inane thing imaginable.

Finally something we can agree on. :)

> To me, modes are the silliest idea for an editor but
> I suppose for VIM, being essentially a console program, they are necessary.

There are plenty of console-based text editors that do not use modes. It's 
mainly the family of text editors derived from ed (e.g. ex, vi) that use 
this notion of separate "insert" and "command" modes.

However, as much as I dislike modes, I agree with Steve and Jay that once 
you become proficient in vi things like this become a non-issue, and 
you'll be able to do some complicated stuff very quickly, faster than 
navigating through GUI elements. That said, I'm not a fan of vi, and don't 
even have it installed on my Fedora 37 system.

Michael