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My son is on the sofa, crouched over a text editor working on Python code. Wow!
- oshanz and energy source alternative like this.
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Awesome!
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@x1101 is there other editors than vim ?
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@x1101 yes I like geany, always have it installed on my machines, even though vim is main editor.
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@jonkulp yeah, I do that in word processors too. I had vim mode for word installed for a while.
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@jonkulp happens to me to when ever I'm in a different editor :)
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@johnnynull sorry this ain't google plus ;-)
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@x1101 don't go to any trouble, I don't even have MS Word, even at work. Just use Libre/Openoffice.
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@x1101 seems like I tried that once. I remember thinking gvim was kind of a weird experience. Maybe I should look at it again.
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@jonkulp check out http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc
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I did a lot of Perl writing on Windows in straight vim in a DOS window. These days I use Notepad or "edit".
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I normally use notepad++ for my windows editing…
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I do so little editing across so many machines that I usually use whatever is there. Using "edit" in DOS does bring back memories. :)
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@laurelrusswurm i love nano :)
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@laurelrusswurm notepad it terrible, when I have to use #Windows, #Notepad++ is awesome, & free (of charge at least), plenty better on linux
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@trashheap yeah I thought it might be
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@gomerx never tried "edit." I remember my dad giving me floppy w/something called "Ted" on it. He said I needed an editor, i didn't know why
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@thistleweb I thought notepad was nice; it did what I wanted it too; was great for keeping little notes and learning to build xhtml pages
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You have trained him well. :-)
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@laurelrusswurm hehe. it is an editor like vim etc
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@mohanpram :D He did his own "git commit -a" just now after we got some important functionality working in his game. So proud!
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@laurelrusswurm admittedly #Notepad++ is advanced & overkill for many needs, #Gedit is a nice compromise
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@laurelrusswurm tried #Geany? one REAL neat feature is "in session" find / replace.....does a full session autoreplace, with all open files
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@laurelrusswurm I rely on simple stuff like syntax highlighting, line numbering, and line wrapping - #Notepad falls way short
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@laurelrusswurm if you decide to rename a character way down the line, simply open every file in the same session, and one swoop #boom
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@thistleweb Though I really like that multiple tab fearure, and after OO/LO probs I'm using #Gedit to format my eBook for Sigil !SelfPub
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@thistleweb sounds like #gedit (syntax highlighting, and line wrapping don't know about line numbering) :D
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@laurelrusswurm numbering is for designers mostly, "error in line 356" easier to see if each line is numbered in the editor
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@laurelrusswurm or when trying to nail a bit of CSS, firebug gives a line number for you to find
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@laurelrusswurm #Geany is the only editor I know with the in session find & replace, it's mind blowing when you have lots of instances
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@laurelrusswurm #Geany has an output log at the bottom too, showing what it found and changed in each file, and "save all"
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@thistleweb I haven't used notepad since I opted out of Windows
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@laurelrusswurm #Notepad can word wrap, it's not enabled by default, it doesn't do syntax highlighting or line numbering
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@thistleweb my version of #gedit does find & replace, one at a time or replace all
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@laurelrusswurm /me has encountered #geany for the 1st time today & the 1st thing i notice is how compact it is compared to #gedit
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@laurelrusswurm yes, in that open document only, they all do that - #Geany offers to do it in ALL the open documents at once
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@laurelrusswurm if you have 20 files you need to do the same find / replace on, that's 20x you have to do that, with #Geany it's once
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@nigeldgreen try selecting them all in the file browser and open in #Geany, although it'd be an idea to open Geany 1st so they all go there
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@laurelrusswurm it's in WINE too ;-p
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@nigeldgreen the notes and terminal idea in the bottom pane are nice, but I don't have a use for them
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@r7 @thistleweb compact is good; that would be enough to get me to check it out, but not right now whilst I'm in the midst of formatting.
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@r7 @thistleweb gone are the days when I could learn multiple things simultaneously ... one at a time now !silver
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@thistleweb I myself would not be brave enough to want software to auto-change 20 files at once w/o checking & double checking #disorganized
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@laurelrusswurm honestly it's more a coders editor, the one universal feature is the find / replace
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@laurelrusswurm I prefer vi. For virtualization I use KVM.
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@mvdan doh
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You misspelled !vim there.
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@sandersch I'm not a tech person, so my experience is quite limited. For me programs are tools; learning new ones is hard work for me.
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I am so glad the days of anything regarding Windows are behind me (except Netflix at Wendy's place)
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although, this summer we'll have the PS3, so I won't even need to touch Windows for that.
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@thistleweb emacs does this via etags, I believe vim does it as well.
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Always nice to see a young programmer! :D
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I was too. Just never know when that kind of fun is gonna come back into your life. :)
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You'd need an XP era machine to try it. It's from the DOS days. I use it on a Win 2003 Server machine sometimes.
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That was an old COM application, right? I wonder if you could get it and run it in a FreeDOS VM? :)
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I've got FreeDOS on a bootable CD at home. I could try it out. Doubt it's worth the trouble. It's not that fabulous.
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out of curiosity, which text editor is your son using?
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