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smokey:

quote:Originally posted by void main:


Ick! Use "kwrite" before "wine notepad". It's just as easy to use and looks very much like notepad but has the nice Syntax Highlighting like VIM plus lots of other stuff like spell checking.
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m3h use mcedit    - it also has syntax highlighting and has the added advantage of working even when X11 decides to not work.

pkd_lives:

quote:Originally posted by anphanax:

Progamming:
When the time comes I will need to be able to program for Linux. If possible\applicable, describe your experience programming linux software, components, ect.


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I too have been looking into this. It basically appears that a moron would program Windows and then convert to Linux. It seems that if you write for Linux it's easier to port to Mac and Windows (apparently the windows overhead on code is V. high) a basic program requires 70 lines of C++ code more than Linux in order to run - what they define as a simple program was not given, and this value increases as your programme increases (I read that on a C/C++ developers page, if I can find the link I will post it).

In other words the professionals say write in Linux, and add few lines of code to get to Mac and add lots more lines of code to get it to run in Windows. And judging by the evidence coming out of redmond that is the way M$ do it. (well maybe UNIX not Linux).

And the faster you get away from VB the better in my opinion - It is a language I always associate with non-professionals. In fact every programmer I know who uses VB as their choice is a self taught one, with huge gaps in their knowledge that even I a self confessed amateur and tinkerer can spot.

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