<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Mike Hoy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hoym74@gmail.com">hoym74@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Try out Vim. It may take you a week to get used to it. Best thing I ever did was finally get started on Vim. Once I got used to it I was very happy. Google around for Vim tutorials. There is a #VIM channel on freenode I believe. There is also a VIM mailing list that is very helpful. You won't need these for long. Once you get used to it and think you've learned all you can you find out there's even more stuff you can do with it.<br>
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<br>So it's something that you use for life once you get that feeling of enlightenment that comes from never having to remove your hands from the keyboard. </blockquote><div><br>I'm another viim fanatic;<br><br>I use two terminals - one with vim and one with ipython (I write most of my code on linux). When I'm on windows I have a cmd window open with Ipython and I have a gVim window open. I'm sure I barely scratch the surface of things I can do and I know I've stopped using some things that I'm sure I'll start using the more I code.<br>
<br>I really like using F5 to run my code, so you can put in your .vimrc so you don't have to type it, or just type it every time:<br><br>map <F5> :!python %<Enter><br><br>and every time you hit <F5> it will run your current script.<br>
<br>Of course I also write code in c++ for school, so I have a few different keys that will change the F5 bindings. <br><br>Anyhow, the best way to write code is in what you're most comfortable with and enjoy. And of course I believe that everyone should enjoy vim ;)<br>
<br>But you should give all the aforementioned tools a try and see what works best for you.<br>HTH!<br>Wayne<br></div></div><br>