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> as long as you're only going to be coding on Windows. In the past, I've used VS for editing PHP, which I then deployed to the server using a keyboard shortcu
by georgieporgie 16y ago
> as long as you're only going to be coding on Windows.
In the past, I've used VS for editing PHP, which I then deployed to the server using a keyboard shortcut.
I understand what you're saying, but I want to point out that VS can be used as an editor even when the target platform isn't MS.
- semanticist 16y agoBut can you use it as an editor when the target platform is humans, that is, when you're not writing code at all?
- georgieporgie 16y agoSure, why not? I wouldn't start up a VS instance just to edit text, but if I have one running, it's my editor of choice.
- sixtofour 16y agoYes I'm sure it can. What I'm curious about, is it so good an editor that people commonly use it for general text editing for non-code text? I know Vim and Emacs gets used like that a lot, maybe Notepad too.
- georgieporgie 16y agoAs I said to another commenter, yes, as long as I have a VS instance running, it's my text editor of choice. The startup time is too long for off-hand editing (I suppose this is hardware dependent). In that case, I'll open Notepad for quick to-do lists, or vi for non-line-ending-mangling tasks. It's pretty unusual for me not to have VS running, though.