Quick Reformatting of Terrible E-Books - Page 3

Elltrain · 09-18-2007, 01:12 AM

No love for vim in here?

DMcCunney · 09-21-2007, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elltrain

No love for vim in here?

There is from me.

But then, I collect text editors, and have a lot installed to look at.
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Dennis

mogui · 09-22-2007, 12:07 AM

Text editors are like religions. Everyone defends their favorite. Mine was emacs for a long time. Friends tried to convert me to vi. I saw its advantages but I had many useful habits developed over many years in emacs.

Any text editor I use now has to have good macro facilities. My current favorite is PSPad. It does everything I need, it is free, and it will display and edit in hex mode -- very useful! (forum here)

I know. Now someone will say, "Mine is better!"

jasonkchapman · 09-22-2007, 10:55 AM

I get a kick out of text editor brawls. The vi-emacs battles tend to be the most entertaining. They make Windows-Mac dustups look like tea parties.

nekokami · 09-22-2007, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonkchapman

I get a kick out of text editor brawls. The vi-emacs battles tend to be the most entertaining. They make Windows-Mac dustups look like tea parties.

(Never had a good excuse to use this smiley before -- thanks!)

mogui · 09-22-2007, 10:08 PM

How do you make a vi user laugh on Saturday?

Tell him a joke on Wednesday.

RWood · 09-22-2007, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mogui

How do you make a vi user laugh on Saturday?

Tell him a joke on Wednesday.

I remember when that one used "DEC Systems Programmer" rather than "vi user." It was still funny. Then again there was the one about the IBM/360 Internals person with the catch line of "tell him a joke last spring."

brewt · 10-02-2007, 10:39 PM

TextSpresso from Taylor Design:
http://www.taylor-design.com/textspresso/overview.htm

Sure, it's $25. And the included editor sucks. But, it will work on batches of text files with filters to change things like this:

"This is a bunch of text serving as example of
incorrect word
wrap due to stupid formatting of eBooks. I really
wish there was
some way to fix it, because it's almost impossible
to read this
terribly formatted text."

to this:

"This is a bunch of text serving as example of incorrect word wrap due to stupid formatting of eBooks. I really wish there was some way to fix it, because it's almost impossible to read this terribly formatted text."

through the clipboard.

About 300 built-in filters, with BASIC programmability, user-defined filters, etc.

Oh, and it wreaks havoc in auto-formatting/stylizing editors, like Book Designer. But it's great in Word, or TED: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/. Can't keep house without it.

-bjc

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09-18-2007, 01:12 AM	#31
Elltrain Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2007	No love for vim in here?

09-22-2007, 12:07 AM	#33
mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	Text editors are like religions. Everyone defends their favorite. Mine was emacs for a long time. Friends tried to convert me to vi. I saw its advantages but I had many useful habits developed over many years in emacs. Any text editor I use now has to have good macro facilities. My current favorite is PSPad. It does everything I need, it is free, and it will display and edit in hex mode -- very useful! (forum here) I know. Now someone will say, "Mine is better!"

09-22-2007, 10:55 AM	#34
jasonkchapman Guru Posts: 767 Karma: 2347 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC Device: Sony Reader, nook, Droid, nookColor, nookTablet	I get a kick out of text editor brawls. The vi-emacs battles tend to be the most entertaining. They make Windows-Mac dustups look like tea parties.

09-22-2007, 10:08 PM	#36
mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	How do you make a vi user laugh on Saturday? Tell him a joke on Wednesday.

10-02-2007, 10:39 PM	#38
brewt Boo-Frickety-Hoo-Erizer Posts: 251 Karma: 686 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Kobo Glo HD!	TextSpresso from Taylor Design: http://www.taylor-design.com/textspresso/overview.htm Sure, it's $25. And the included editor sucks. But, it will work on batches of text files with filters to change things like this: "This is a bunch of text serving as example of incorrect word wrap due to stupid formatting of eBooks. I really wish there was some way to fix it, because it's almost impossible to read this terribly formatted text." to this: "This is a bunch of text serving as example of incorrect word wrap due to stupid formatting of eBooks. I really wish there was some way to fix it, because it's almost impossible to read this terribly formatted text." through the clipboard. About 300 built-in filters, with BASIC programmability, user-defined filters, etc. Oh, and it wreaks havoc in auto-formatting/stylizing editors, like Book Designer. But it's great in Word, or TED: http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/. Can't keep house without it. -bjc

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