I use vi. I have not had the pleasure of learning Emacs. For my understanding, is it possible to define a list of files or directories in a project and then search for instances of used variables and how they are used? Same question for functions. I did a quick google search and didn't find either of these capabilities illustrated. I see color syntax support. I know vi has auto indentation and I assume emacs does as well but can they go as far as selecting blocks of code and auto indent?<br>
<br>thanks,<br>Frank<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Marius Gedminas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marius@pov.lt">marius@pov.lt</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;">
<div><div class="Wj3C7c">Vim and Emacs are incredibly great, if you're willing to invest the time<br></div></div>
in learning to use them well (a couple of days for basic tasks, weeks<br>
for real proficiency, and then you'll still be learning new tricks for<br>
years). It'll pay off in the end, if you do a lot of coding (or other<br>
kinds of text editing). It's sort of like learning to touch-type.<br>
<br>
Marius Gedminas<br>
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