Text editor recommendations

[Raseel Bhagat]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:21 AM, vellingiri <vellingiri at bksystems.co.in>wrote:

>  Dear Raseel Bhagat,
>           Try to use gedit , it is like same as notepad.
>
>   Regards,
> S.Vellingiri.
>
>
> Raseel Bhagat wrote:
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>
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> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:05 AM, <madanabhat27 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I was wondering which is the text editor you'd recommend for me,
>> considering that I'm a TOTAL newbie to linux and having JUST migrated from
>> MS Windows Vista Business where I was using notepad.. Some of my friends
>> recommended vim and others recommended emacs but I'm a bit confused as to
>> which one to pick,
>> Yours,
>> KMB
>>
>
> There is a HUGE choice of text editors in the Linux/OpenSource world.
>
> You can start with the likes of "gedit" or "kedit" which will remind you of
> Notepad and Wordpad in Windows.
>
> But you will slowly realise that having a much more powerful editor like a
> Vim(gVim) or Emacs will make your life peace.
>
> Thanks,
> Raseel.
>
>
Hi Vellingiri,

Firstly, it's not good mailing list etiquette to top-post.

Secondly, if you read me reply, I have said exactly what you said, .... that
Gedit is like Notepad..... which is one of the reasons why I don't like
using it.

I prefer Vim.

Thanks,
Raseel
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