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Exactly. This is one reason why I never tell people they are wrong regarding a choice of text editors. Keep in mind I usually have multiple VIM instances open
by einhverfr 14y ago
Exactly. This is one reason why I never tell people they are wrong regarding a choice of text editors. Keep in mind I usually have multiple VIM instances open and an instance of gedit (because I do some things that VIM is a little clumsy at regarding my todo list).
What I usually say is something like:
There are text editors and then there are text editors. If you are only spending a few hours a month in front of a text editor, you are probably better off with something simple. If, on the other hand, you are going to be using it all the time, it is well worth your time to learn an industrial strength one like VIM or EMACS. These have learning curves, but they have big payoffs as well regarding productivity.
- icebraining 14y agoW.r.t your Todo list, have you tried VimOutliner? It's excellent for that, even having macros for checkboxes and such.
- einhverfr 14y agoI haven't tried it. I will take a look. If it has a bunch of useful macros it might work. I might be able to program my own macros as well. The thing is that Cut this text and past it here is still a very useful paradigm for my todo list, while remove line 47, change the "* " at the beginning of the line to "3) " and replace the current line starting with "3) " is a little less helpful. Note that items in the queue to make my short to-do list are coded either * for larger tasks or % for smaller ones. In theory VIM + macros would work. Just not sure I want to write the macros.
- ipirlo 14y agowhy not use Emacs Org mode/ VimOrganizer?