Who else would like to choose their editor when typing in a new node? Here is my problem. I'm in VI all day writing code, and when I go to post to PM, I'm still in that VI mentality and I get done writing my node and hit the escape key to get out of my virtual insert mode and it erases everything I just wrote. I did this 3 times today, which really ticked me off. I think it would be a cool feature if it wasn't too much work. Maybe there could be an option in user settings that says "Choose your Text Editor" and have VI (rules) Emacs (eeek) or just Text.

Thanks,
Dru
Another satisfied monk.

In reply to Choose a Text Editor for Perlmonks? by dru145

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