Text editor recommendations

[Amedee Van Gasse (u2s)]

On Wed, October 21, 2009 09:05, madanabhat27 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> I was wondering which is the text editor you'd recommend for me,
> considering that I'm a TOTAL newbie to linux and having JUST migrated from
> MS Windows Vista Business where I was using notepad.. Some of my friends
> recommended vim and others recommended emacs but I'm a bit confused as to
> which one to pick,
> Yours,
> KMB
> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

Hello Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel,

I'm going to answer your question with another question.
What do you want to use your editor for?

There is a good reason for multiple editors: some are better at specific
tasks, while others do other things easier.

Second question, do you want to "use" Linux, or do you want to "know" Linux?
If you want to be a normal user and only occasionaly need to edit files,
use gedit, kate, or nano in a console.
If you need to be productive with text files all the time, download one of
the "vi(m) cheat sheets" (GIYF). Or grow a sixth finger on each hand so
you can make all those keystrokes in emacs.