Emacs is too bloated. If you want a *nix editor, just stick with VI.
I've been using windows ASCII editors for years. I prefer EditPad Pro and EditPlus 2. Both have regular expression Search & Replace, which I find invaluable.
I've tried IDEs for PHP in the past, but never like them. I personally don't like the idea of running Apache, PHP, and MySQL on my local box. I'd rather work on a remote (or LAN) server.
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mairving posted this at 19:58 — 22nd September 2003.
Quote: Originally posted by Mark Hensler Emacs is too bloated. If you want a *nix editor, just stick with VI.
Or better yet, VIM. Although some distros alias vi to vim. You can also enable syntax highlighting pretty easily with vim. Just use cp /usr/share/vim/vim61/vimrc_example.rc ~/.vimrc
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andy206uk posted this at 11:18 — 23rd September 2003.
Quote: Originally posted by Suzanne Good point, druagord! I guess I'm at the point that free isn't as useful as useful.
There is a free HTML editor for the Mac that also colours PHP code -- it's called Taco HTML Edit.
there's a free html editor for osx.... well. it's not an html editor. itt' s aprogramming editor, so it's made to take every language one can write in. and i don't see how it's bloated if you don't add int he debugger (i don't use them so i don't compile with that the embeded gcc is useful because it means you can compile on the fly and check what's going on...)
it's in my first post in this thread. until someone can say how it's bloated i wont be able to agree with you. if you mean that it it's got all those other languages i can agree ONLY if you don't do anything but php/html/css (all of which it handles) but since i also do java, c, perl....and others, it's not bloated for me. it's perfect. it does everything in one program that's open source...and free
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Mark Hensler posted this at 22:27 — 26th September 2003.
I don't know much about Emacs. I've never used it. But from what I've read, the program itself is a beast. Meaning, for an ASCII editor, it uses too many system resources and is overly complicated to use.
My system has VI aliased to VIM, and I've not found anything I can't do in there.
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m3rajk posted this at 18:02 — 19th September 2003.
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http://www.xemacs.org
http://www.gnu.org (search for emacs)
both contain everything any pay for editor has and then some.
both open source.
both free.
POSIX. because a stable os that doesn't have memory leaks and isn't buggy is always good.
Mark Hensler posted this at 18:57 — 22nd September 2003.
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Emacs is too bloated. If you want a *nix editor, just stick with VI.
I've been using windows ASCII editors for years. I prefer EditPad Pro and EditPlus 2. Both have regular expression Search & Replace, which I find invaluable.
I've tried IDEs for PHP in the past, but never like them. I personally don't like the idea of running Apache, PHP, and MySQL on my local box. I'd rather work on a remote (or LAN) server.
Mark Hensler
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mairving posted this at 19:58 — 22nd September 2003.
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Or better yet, VIM. Although some distros alias vi to vim. You can also enable syntax highlighting pretty easily with vim. Just use
cp /usr/share/vim/vim61/vimrc_example.rc ~/.vimrc
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andy206uk posted this at 11:18 — 23rd September 2003.
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I use Textpad for windows (not notepad, or wordpad):
http://www.textpad.com/
m3rajk posted this at 18:32 — 23rd September 2003.
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too bloated how? i use it for html, php, java, c, c++, perl.....
Suzanne posted this at 19:52 — 23rd September 2003.
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I use BBEdit and hand code everything. Call me crazy, the rest of the world does.
On Windows I used to use HTMLValidator, which also colours PHP code.
ROB posted this at 02:15 — 24th September 2003.
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IDE suxx0rz EditPad roxx0rz!
Suzanne posted this at 11:56 — 24th September 2003.
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Er, yeah, EditPad is a good one for any text editing.
druagord posted this at 13:27 — 24th September 2003.
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yes on mac bbedit is probably the best one but it is not free. Vim work on anything (i think there is even an amiga version) and is free
necrotic posted this at 02:37 — 25th September 2003.
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Suzanne posted this at 14:56 — 25th September 2003.
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Good point, druagord! I guess I'm at the point that free isn't as useful as useful.
There is a free HTML editor for the Mac that also colours PHP code -- it's called Taco HTML Edit.
druagord posted this at 15:34 — 25th September 2003.
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Hey Suzanne by the way if people that hand code everything are crazy then I am too
m3rajk posted this at 16:58 — 26th September 2003.
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there's a free html editor for osx.... well. it's not an html editor. itt' s aprogramming editor, so it's made to take every language one can write in. and i don't see how it's bloated if you don't add int he debugger (i don't use them so i don't compile with that the embeded gcc is useful because it means you can compile on the fly and check what's going on...)
it's in my first post in this thread. until someone can say how it's bloated i wont be able to agree with you. if you mean that it it's got all those other languages i can agree ONLY if you don't do anything but php/html/css (all of which it handles) but since i also do java, c, perl....and others, it's not bloated for me. it's perfect. it does everything in one program that's open source...and free
POSIX. because a stable os that doesn't have memory leaks and isn't buggy is always good.
Mark Hensler posted this at 22:27 — 26th September 2003.
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I don't know much about Emacs. I've never used it. But from what I've read, the program itself is a beast. Meaning, for an ASCII editor, it uses too many system resources and is overly complicated to use.
My system has VI aliased to VIM, and I've not found anything I can't do in there.
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