Using Text Editors

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An assortment of articles on the use of editors and word processors

Editors: [cerita motivasi] | [kata kata mutiara]

[comp.editors] USENET newsgroup (discussion forum) for text editors, lots of focus on VIM
Text Editor Compendium Roger Nelson (from comp.editors)

[Interface Zen] Tom Christiansen's classic article on becoming one with your editor. Also a powerful argument for VI over Emacs (45k, no comments)
[Slashdot article comments] The article spawned many comments and replies (156k)
[Code editors renew approach to IDEs] Maggie Biggs 2003 article in InfoWorld
[There is a perfect editor] Compiled by Compiled by Bruce Ediger on Stratigery.com
[Tale of 5 editors] by Eric S. Raymond
[Seven habits of effective text editing] by BramMoolenaar ([also in plain text])
[How Do People Really Use Text Editors?] article by John Whiteside, Norman Archer, Dennis Wixon, and Michael Good, published 1982
[A Comparative Study of Vi and Emacs from the Perspective of Novice and Regular Users] Dr William J. Knottenbelt
[PICO vs VI - a short comparison] Sven Guckes
[From Pico to Nano or The Slightly Bigger Editor] Sven Guckes
[Reading and Writing with Computers: A Framework for Explaining Differences in Performance] Wilfred J. Hansen, Christina Haas CMU
Vi AND Emacs John Dierdorf, I/O Corp.
[Introduction to the Text Editing for Programmers] Norm Matloff UC Davis
[An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi] Mark Horton, Bill Joy

Word Processors:

[Word Processors: One Writer's Retreat] Timothy Lord on Slashdot
[Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient] Allin Cottrell's essay in favor of text editors with TeX for formatting
[User Customization of a Word Processor] by Stanley R. Page, Todd J. Johnsgard, Uhl Albert and C. Dennis Allen