Are there any reasons why a C# developer should learn Emacs/Vim?

Question

I work as a c# developer in a purely Microsoft shop.

I recently started teaching myself assembly using gas and Linux in my free time away from work. I like messing a

Answer 1

You should learn at least how to save (:w) and edit files (magic) in VIM--even minimal OS installs have it included. That way if you are stranded on an empty unix box, you can at least edit files.

Otherwise, naw--I dont buy the hype. You've got bigger fish to fry and nano is getting better all the time. Heck, nano has some syntax coloring and auto-indentation and it even works with the mouse over PuTTY.

The best thing to learn is how to configure Samba on your unix box and then use a real text editor on your Windows box like UltraEdit (cue flamewar). I use this configuration for editing anything larger than a config file in /etc.