Web development editor

[Jason Carson]

> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Jason Carson <jason-HjkH5KTEMfuEjziKL+yzSg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> What are my options for web page editors on Linux (I am currently using
>> Ubuntu 10.10). I know of Bluefish and Quanta Plus. Are there any others?
>> Which is generally considered the best?
>
> I find I prefer using Emacs for pretty well anything I might want to
> edit.  It even has a specialized mode for HTML that is somewhat
> intelligent about managing tags.  I'm pretty sure I could configure it
> to automatically drop in markers as to what time I last edited a
> particular HTML file, if I cared to.  I haven't, thus far.
>
> Usually, the best editor to use to edit text files is whatever text
> editor you already prefer.  That tends to be preferable in that it
> allows you to use the features you already know and understand, as
> opposed to needing to learn a new user interface.
>
> If you're a fan of vi, you should probably use that.  If you like vim,
> you should probably use that.  I happen to like Emacs, so I should use
> it on my web pages, and do.
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The only text editor I have any experience with is GNU nano and that is
because it is the default editor with Gentoo Linux. I'll install vi,vim,
and Emacs and try those out to see if I like them.

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