Yeah, it's a hefty price tag. The programmer in question (super experienced Perl-slinger) had been using it so long he knew just about every command and trick,

Yeah, it's a hefty price tag. The programmer in question (super experienced Perl-slinger) had been using it so long he knew just about every command and trick, and he'd customised his set up so much he'd locked himself in! Edit: an excerpt from the website that indicates its age > Why not settle for the "free" editor that comes with your compiler, or some lesser programmer's editor, or even try to use a word processor to edit your programs?