Review: vile editor is anything but (Linux.com)

Posted Feb 1, 2006 10:55 UTC (Wed) by philips (guest, #937)
In reply to: Review: vile editor is anything but (Linux.com) by viro
Parent article: Review: vile editor is anything but (Linux.com)

What's the problem with undo/redo in other vi-clones? e.g. vim?
I use vim last 6 years - and most of the features fit me okay.

I used vi once under Slowaris - and gosh it was pain. But still (thanks to my experiece in vim) I was able to do something.

P.S. I have tried nvi and elvis - but both fall short on development features. Proper support for ctags, good visual mode & macro to change between corresponding .c/.h - are the three my main requirements. (One of the reasons I stopped trying emacs, was realizition how inferior etags compared to exhuberant ctags is.) Also, syntax highlighting can make boring coding night little bit more pleasant. (And unlike default emacs coloring scheme, vim's default is usable and is my default. All those emacs' funny colors on white background really irritate my eyes. Background must be black. 'unsigned long int' and asm() must be green. Period.)