[Eug-lug] Computer time

[Max Lemieux]

Walter,
Allow me to suggest "nano" as a gentler introduction to the world of 
console text editors.

All the commands (copy, paste, save, quit, find, etc) are visible 
on-screen, and you can just type and use arrow keys as expected.

True, it doesn't have ANY of the power of vi or emacs, but for basic 
editing it's always worked for me.

p.s. "pico" is the ancestor of nano and is sometimes available on 
systems where nano is not. similar ease of use.

-Max

Russ Johnson wrote:

> Allen Brown wrote:
>
>> Now that the subject is presented, I'm sure several people will
>> try to turn this into a religious arguement about why their choice
>> is the only choice.  It happens every time both editors are mentioned.
>>  
>>
> USE VI!
>
> No! USE EMACS!
>
> You Nazi!
>
> GODWIN!  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law)
>
> Russ
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