On 05/07/2010 09:01 AM, Moby wrote:
komodo edit from activestate. Free, and multi-platform.
Yep, I agree, komodo is a great editor. Huge in size, but very good. The reason I harp on kate is that honestly, I haven't found much it can't do. I shy away from 3rd party editors unless I carry them around on a memory stick. Otherwise, you sit down at a box and don't have the tools you need available. Another selling point for kate is that is has one of the best syntax specific modules I've found. It doesn't matter if you are working in bash, c/c++, css, python, fortran, etc.., kate has a syntax file for it that works great. Moreover, if you are editing a file and you would like the tools available in a syntax file (like auto commenting with ctrl+d, etc..), just select the syntax file and you have all the benefits in whatever text file you happen to be working in. A real plus. And I know the OP said no vi/vim, but if you do any remote work, then you really need to make friends with vim. Once you get the command/input mode idea understood, it is really quite simple. And yes powerful. For those of you like me that can never remember all the little commands, then just find a quick reference card or cheat-sheet to use until the commands sink in. I did one from an existing quick-reference card that I liked and used alot. You are welcome to it at: http://www.3111skyline.com/linux/vim-quick-ref.php worth its weight in gold. Printing to pdf works great with it, or you can just save the whole page and copy the table out for your own use. The card has been GPL'ed, but attribution should go to Laurent GRÉGOIRE. Enjoy. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org