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PickingATextEditor involves using the tool that you learned the first time you started to seriously program.
This might also be termed FirstComeFirstServed?. Basically, you make a choice not to learn something new because you already have an adequate solution.
Advantages:
- You never waste time learning a bunch of keystrokes you'll forget anyway and clutter your mind.
- You are very familiar with the one tool that you use for everything.
Disadvantages:
- You never benefit from the increased productivity of powerful text editors.
- Your favorite editor may not be cross-platform, leaving you to scramble on the new platform. (or coming back to http://www.texteditors.org looking for a compatible editor.)
- You may find that your needs have changed since when you first started learning about text editors
- Having a hammer doesn't mean everything is a nail.