what are the preferred programs to edit scripts?
I'm doing 3 semesters worth in 1; programming in perl, C++, java and a few others. whar program editors are better for these languages?

> programming in perl, C++, java and a few others.

What versions, on what platform? Usually the IDE of the version of the language you are learning in is superior, mainly for debugging and language syntax checking purposes.

Well, i consistantly settle on pico as my editor of choice, but everyone else I know uses emacs. Emacs when set up and color coded for whatever language you're using it for is pretty nice to work on. The learning curve is steep, especially if you don't us xemacs or whatever the "graphical" version is.

Matthew

Everybody duck!

cat > foo.c

I personally prefer PFE (Programmers File Editor). Kinda basic, but fast and does what I need.

The editor to use totally depends on what you are doing. If i'm doing a lot of macros (usually hacking stuff together), I use NEdit (great for column editing, like data files, also) or Jot. If I'm bouncing through a bunch of subroutines or something following a variable, I use Visual Slick Edit. For regular typing like a madman, I use VIM.

Asking for an editor preference is kinda like asking Linux/BSD, which distro is the best, religion, or politics. Nothing good can come from this conversation

Use what you are most comfortable with. Now, on to the ensuing flame war...

Thanks everyone. It's given my somewhere to start