vi or emacs for editing Python on Linux?

[Fernando Pérez]

maxm wrote:

> 
> I do use Vim occasionally for the odd sysadmin work, but I spend far more
> time editing multiple source programs so startup time is not really that
> important.
> 

A final suggestion from an emacser: for the light-quick jobs, I've gotten 
used to jed. It's a little editor which in many respects behaves like emacs, 
but is *much* lighter so it starts a lot faster, and just in a terminal 
windows. But its keybindings and overall behavior are emacs-compatible.

So basically what I use is Xemacs as a single big job that's *always* running 
on one of my virtual desktops with a bunch of code buffers, and jed as my 
environment EDITOR variable for when I need to quickly fire up an editor from 
less or mc (Midninght Commander, a Norton Commander clone which is the single 
most efficient tool for file management in this side of the galaxy :).

This gives me quick startup times for the occasional odd job without the need 
for any mental gear shifting.

Question: I didn't catch the Newtonmass reference. ???

Cheers,

f.