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Re: Notepad Baby!

My editor of choice is vi; it's small, doesn't have visual clutter, and is terrifically fast once you learn the commands. Using other editors tends to throw me off, though; the C++ class I'm taking requires the use of Visual Studio .NET, and I still haven't managed to learn that I need to use Ctrl-S instead of :w to save my work. I've been having similar problems with the MPLAB IDE, too. My opinion is that the speed advantages afforded by the use of vi offset the awkwardness I encounter on those rare occasions when I am forced to use other editors.