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Beginners • Re: Which document editing tool is better?

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Hi folks,need help~!~ Do we use markdown to edit? or which one is better for RP?
thanks
I've been known use vi with -ms macros. [...] There is no "better".
Well, unless you mean emacs, of course.
Its sad that "some folks" hold a glorified line editor that requires flipping between editing and other modes to do anything as superior to the one true creation editor that has significant aspirations to be an OS, but that just my observation.... Emacs, its not an editor, its a lifestyle.

That aside, the most important selection criteria is likely your knowledge/familiarity/skills with an editor, assuming it has the minimum features required to get your task done. There was an interesting thread recently where someone discussed the ability to open absurdly long lines as a requirement for the task they were doing. Some of the simpler tools faired very well at that task.

I would suggest that once you have the time to learn multiple tools you will find different tools are best suited to different tasks. I tend to use sed, awk, Perl, vi, gedit (well Pluma actually), emacs and LibreOffice for "editing" on a Pi that I use as my main "desktop" PC.

Statistics: Posted by bjtheone — Thu Nov 21, 2024 7:01 pm



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