Rahul Sundaram writes:
On 11/28/2009 02:12 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> I just did a new install on a spare laptop. I chose the "Software
> Development" option.
>
> Emacs did not get installed.
>
> Also, although neither mysql-devel, nor postgresql-devel, nor even
> libtool-ltdl-devel got installed, I ended up with a huge number of
> -devel packages, many of whom, from my viewpoint would like have an
> audience much smaller than emacs' potential audience.
>
> Although an argument could be made about mysql and postgresql, I
> suppose, leaving emacs off is rather depressing, if that accurately
> represents the contemporary general opinions.
Why? It's just shows your personal preference for a editor. Emacs is
certainly not needed for software development.
Ok, that's a valid question. So let's see what got installed:
$ rpm -q --queryformat '%{NAME} %{GROUP}\n' -a | fgrep Applications/Editors |
sort
emacs Applications/Editors
emacs-common Applications/Editors
gedit Applications/Editors
nano Applications/Editors
vim-common Applications/Editors
vim-enhanced Applications/Editors
vim-minimal Applications/Editors
I installed emacs myself. So, all I got was gedit, nano, and vi.
I am quite comfortable with either emacs or vi, for different editing needs.
I am sure you can also do software development with nano. But that's quite a
stretch.
Let's say I want to do software development. I make an appropriate selection
when intalling Fedora 12. What editor am I expected to use?
With emacs, I get major modes for C++, Java, Perl, Python, XML, and a bunch
of other things. That's quite a mouthful. The others, in this list, don't
offer much more than notepad in Windows.