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Thread #171349   Message #4144098
Posted By: Piers Plowman
12-Jun-22 - 05:27 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Vim editor - any experience??
Subject: RE: Tech: Vim editor - any experience??
"I am looking to make my HTML editing with another app. Yes I still code in HTML, it is quicker when you know how."

Very true. I hate IDEs like the plague. I would recommend Emacs. I've occasionally used vi (or vim or whatever) but I never really warmed up to it. Emacs is, in my opinion, by far the best editor. Not that I've tried them all.

On Windows, you can get Emacs from DJGPP, as well as lots of other useful Unix stuff, ported to Windows.

DJGPP

Emacs is huge, but it's worth it. I can tell you how to turn off syntax highlighting and the blinking cursor, if you need to do this.

I used DJGPP at work when I was punished for my sins by having to write programs on a Windows system.