Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:21:49 -0500
Reply-To: Wensui Liu <liuwensui@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Wensui Liu <liuwensui@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Alternative Program Editors for Windows (not UltraEdit)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20071212173031.02dcda00@pop.bassettconsulting.com>
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Hi, Michael,
vim with windows is user-friendly by itself. if you are looking for
more intuitive vim solution, check cream
(http://cream.sourceforge.net) and start learning vim from there.
plus, the skill you learn from vim/emacs is very portable and
OS-independent. for instance, I learned vim/emacs under windows
before. in my current position, i need to run batch under unix. my
skill in vim/emacs becomes immediately useful. Sweet!
there is one more reason to learn vim/emacs if you are as lazy as i
am. once you grasp it, you are all set with programming editor for the
rest of your life. ^_^.
On Dec 12, 2007 5:32 PM, Michael L. Davis <michael@bassettconsulting.com> wrote:
> Hello Wensui,
>
> Does VIM have a Windows-like GUI interface? I'm not fond of Vi.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael
>
> At 01:43 PM 12/12/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >i've been using vim for years and love it.
> >
> >On Dec 12, 2007 1:00 PM, Michael Davis <michael@bassettconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hello SAS-L Friends,
> > >
> > > As I discovered to my chagrin, UltraEdit does not play nice with the
> > > Windows environment at my new benevolent employer. It causes
> > > problems with the network paths so my drive mappings disappear.
> > > Since I have not used UE before, the business wisdom is to pick another
> > > tool rather than exercise chutzpah (telling my new IT friends that I must
> > > use a tool that I have lived without for a couple decades).
> > >
> > > So in the Windows (XP) environment, has anyone on SAS-L been using an
> > > external GUI program editor with SAS other than UE that they care to
> > > recommend? The two big features for me would be syntax color-coding
> > > and the ability to submit SAS in batch from the editor.
> > >
> > > Searching the archives, I identified Zeus for Windows and EMACS (ESS)
> > > as possible candidates.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael L. Davis
> > > Ambler
> > > PA
> > > michael.davis@alumni.duke.edu
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >===============================
> >WenSui Liu
> >Statistical Project Manager
> >ChoicePoint Precision Marketing
> >(http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog)
> >===============================
>
> Michael L. Davis
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>
>
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WenSui Liu
Statistical Project Manager
ChoicePoint Precision Marketing
(http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog)
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