Re: use vim to edit mathematica file
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg91811] Re: use vim to edit mathematica file
- From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 06:54:39 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <ga2pmd$p57$1@smc.vnet.net>
Why exactly are you using a text editor as an interface to Mathematica? You lose an enormous amount of functionality by attempting to avoid the front end. --David On Sep 8, 5:02 am, Peng Yu <PengYu... at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It seems the vim front end is too old. I'm wondering if it is > worthwhile to install it. > > http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/2584/ > > Anyway, I'm trying to use vim to edit mathematica file. But it seems > the .nb files are full of something like > > Notebook[{ > Cell[BoxData[ > RowBox[{ > > These things are not readable in the text mode. I'm wondering how to > get rid of these things. How does people usually do when editing > mathematica files with vim? > > Thanks, > Peng