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Third-party editors
Vim
Vim (vi Improved) expands on the power and speed of vi, but makes the user
experience more comfortable, by including:
• a status line that indicates the current mode
• context-based coloring of displayed text
Vim has a gentler learning curve than vi and tolerates or minimizes the effects of
common mistakes, without losing any of vi’s speed, flexibility, or power.
To start Vim, choose Editors→Vim from the desktop’s Launch menu, or type:
vim [filename]
To learn more about Vim, see www.vim.org.
Workspace (ws)
Workspace is a Photon-based editor that accommodates many programming
languages, but is particularly useful for developing in C. Workspace uses the make,
gdb, and ctags utilities. The editor also incorporates terminals, web browsers, an
image viewer, a file manager, an archive viewer, and other extras:
Workspace provides font support and word-wrapping, and lets you edit hundreds of
files simultaneously. You can use regular expressions when searching.
Workspace supports context highlighting, and you can customize it. This can make
your code more readable and reduces the likelihood of coding errors. You can
configure individual colors for dozens of cases, but the interface can make
customizations time-consuming.
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