Re: A good text editor for JAVA?

Knute Johnson wrote: 
mitcheroo wrote:

What is a good text-editor for the begining programmer in Java?


VIM - http://www.vim.org/


I second that, but the OP should be aware that several days of use will be required before Vim becomes more productive than more intuitive editors.

I used XEmacs for four years, with a fair amount of customization. More recently, I tried Eclipse for about three months. I always come back to Vim. It just gets more rewarding all the time.

In fact, this discussion has inspired me: I think I'm finally going to give some money to those kids in Uganda!

:help uganda
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