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   Carlos E.R. to All   
   Re: How to edit HTML source file on Wind   
   18 Jan 25 21:19:06   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-01-18 19:55, Newyana2 wrote:   
   > On 1/18/2025 9:25 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-01-18 15:09, Newyana2 wrote:   
   >>> On 1/18/2025 1:47 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:49:44 -0500, Newyana2 wrote:   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>   
   >>>     What these editors   
   >>> advertise is endless code language support. If I remember correctly,   
   >>> Notepad++ claims to support 50+ languages, and more can be added.   
   >>> So they're being billed as code editors. No one serious about coding   
   >>> a particular language would use such a generic tool.   
   >>   
   >> Well, this is not true. Most Linux programmers use vi or emacs.   
   >   
   >      Most Linux fans, maybe. They're adamantly dedicated to   
   > old-style tools and command line. But what are they writing?   
   > Shell scripts? Maybe a little Perl? That's not programming code.   
   > It's more like IT work. Anyone doing programming would likely   
   > want an IDE if they can have it.   
      
   I know profesional programmers that never used an IDE. The same way that   
   you can not understand doing serious programming with vi, he can not   
   understand me wanting an IDE.   
      
   Linus Torvalds uses microEmacs.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroEMACS   
      
      
   ...   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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