Easy terminal text editor?
What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
windows).
I want something that is easy for Windows users.
I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:02 -0500, Ignoramus30183 wrote:
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> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
> windows).
>
> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>
> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
I typically use 'vi' - there are only about three or four commands you
need to remember. Some folks swear by 'nano'.
Re: Easy terminal text editor?
ray wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:02 -0500, Ignoramus30183 wrote:
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>> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
>> windows).
>>
>> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>>
>> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
>
> I typically use 'vi' - there are only about three or four commands you
> need to remember. Some folks swear by 'nano'.[/color]
The problem with "vi" is that, although you can get by with knowing only
a handful of commands, inexperienced users often get confused if they
inadvertedly, hit an unknown key.
Nano is nice in that it has the commands listed at the bottom.
(Note: I'm a vi user).
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
I checked out nano and I really like it, it is perfect for what I want
these users to do (edit config files).
i
On 2008-07-16, ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:02 -0500, Ignoramus30183 wrote:
>[color=green]
>> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
>> windows).
>>
>> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>>
>> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
>
> I typically use 'vi' - there are only about three or four commands you
> need to remember. Some folks swear by 'nano'.[/color]
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:02 -0500, Ignoramus30183 wrote:
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> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
> windows).
>
> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>
> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
Why don't you just use Emacs? Emacs works fine in a terminal, after all
it was written in the days of simple 24 line terminals like the VT100.
Emacs in the non-X environment can do pretty much everything that Emacs/
Xemacs can do in the X environment including split screens and shells,
the only thing you lose are the menus and the mouse.
Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On 2008-07-16, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:02 -0500, Ignoramus30183 wrote:
>[color=green]
>> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
>> windows).
>>
>> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>>
>> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
>
> Why don't you just use Emacs? Emacs works fine in a terminal, after all
> it was written in the days of simple 24 line terminals like the VT100.
> Emacs in the non-X environment can do pretty much everything that Emacs/
> Xemacs can do in the X environment including split screens and shells,
> the only thing you lose are the menus and the mouse.[/color]
I use emacs, but it is too complicated for some people who just need
to edit a config file.
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:06:20 -0500, Ignoramus30183 wrote:
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> On 2008-07-16, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:53:02 -0500, Ignoramus30183 wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
>>> windows).
>>>
>>> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>>>
>>> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
>>
>> Why don't you just use Emacs? Emacs works fine in a terminal, after all
>> it was written in the days of simple 24 line terminals like the VT100.
>> Emacs in the non-X environment can do pretty much everything that
>> Emacs/ Xemacs can do in the X environment including split screens and
>> shells, the only thing you lose are the menus and the mouse.[/color]
>
> I use emacs, but it is too complicated for some people who just need to
> edit a config file.[/color]
All terminal editors are going to have the same learning curve, they all
date from the same period, late 70s to mid 80s when the CRT terminal
reigned supreme, and they all operate in a similar fashion, i.e. most
functions are bound to simple control sequence. Emacs has a robust
documentation feature, i.e. apropos and describe-function, so you might
as well use Emacs especially since that's what you use. If you have X
then that changes everything, Gedit can be used by anyone, it's primitive
compared to Xemacs/Emacs but all of it's commands are on menus so you
don't have to know anything to use it.
Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On 2008-07-16, Ignoramus30183 wrote:[color=blue]
> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
> windows).
>
> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>
> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.
>[/color]
Check out ee (easy editor).
Mvg,
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On 2008-07-16, Ignoramus30183 <ignoramus30183@NOSPAM.30183.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
> windows).
>
> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>
> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.
>[/color]
I usually use nano.
I am comfortable in vi, but nano is much easier and the important
keystrokes are right there at the bottom of the terminal... ;-)
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On 2008-07-16, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> All terminal editors are going to have the same learning curve, they all
> date from the same period, late 70s to mid 80s when the CRT terminal
> reigned supreme, and they all operate in a similar fashion, i.e. most
> functions are bound to simple control sequence. Emacs has a robust
> documentation feature, i.e. apropos and describe-function, so you might
> as well use Emacs especially since that's what you use. If you have X
> then that changes everything, Gedit can be used by anyone, it's primitive
> compared to Xemacs/Emacs but all of it's commands are on menus so you
> don't have to know anything to use it.[/color]
The learning curve for nano is nowhere what it is for emacs. Nano can
be used competently the first time it is fired up by a newbie. Emacs,
not so much...
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
Ignoramus30183 <ignoramus30183@nospam.30183.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
> I checked out nano and I really like it, it is perfect for what I want
> these users to do (edit config files).[/color]
Make sure they use nano -w when editing config files, else some
things may wrap badly.
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On 2008-07-16, Ignoramus30183 wrote:[color=blue]
> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
> windows).
>
> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>
> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
If you are familiar with [X]emacs, continue using it. Both GNU
Emacs and Xemacs can run in a terminal window.
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
Ignoramus30183 wrote:[color=blue]
> What would be a "easy to use" text editor for terminal (without X
> windows).
>
> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>
> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.
>[/color]
I'm throwing my vote for nano as well. In fact, I use nano almost
exclusively to edit config files. I am able to get by with knowing only
a small fraction of the available commands. I found vi to be
intimidating, and Emacs is for people who enjoy memorizing
keystrokes...and what the heck is a "buffer" anyway?
Re: Easy terminal text editor?
> I want something that is easy for Windows users.[color=blue]
> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
Use Wine to run notepad.exe or other Window$ editors? Of course, you
need to learn a bit about setting up and using Wine
"http://www.winehq.org" first. :)
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:56:51 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
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>> I want something that is easy for Windows users.
>> I personally use xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> Use Wine to run notepad.exe or other Window$ editors? Of course, you
> need to learn a bit about setting up and using Wine[/color]
Only a super-lamer-wanker Win-droid would do something as idiotic as that.
Why bother to run Linux at all, if you can't even run a simple ****ing
editor?
You morons just keep surprising me, even when I think you can't get any
****ing dumber. Thanks for the laugh, Win-droid.
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:56:51 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
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>> I want something that is easy for Windows users. I personally use
>> xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
>
> Use Wine to run notepad.exe or other Window$ editors? Of course, you
> need to learn a bit about setting up and using Wine
> "http://www.winehq.org" first. :)[/color]
If you would actually bother to READ the OP you'd see that he's looking
for an editor that runs in a terminal. notepad does not meet that
requirement. If he was looking for a GUI editor, I'd have recommended
nedit - I've never found anything better.
Re: Easy terminal text editor?
On 2008-07-17, ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:56:51 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> I want something that is easy for Windows users. I personally use
>>> xemacs and am not familiar with any simple editors.[/color]
>>
>> Use Wine to run notepad.exe or other Window$ editors? Of course, you
>> need to learn a bit about setting up and using Wine
>> "http://www.winehq.org" first. :)[/color]
>
> If you would actually bother to READ the OP you'd see that he's looking
> for an editor that runs in a terminal. notepad does not meet that
> requirement. If he was looking for a GUI editor, I'd have recommended
> nedit - I've never found anything better.[/color]
Never tried it... Gonna have to give it a go! Thanks!
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
> If you would actually bother to READ the OP you'd see that he's looking[color=blue]
> for an editor that runs in a terminal. notepad does not meet that
> requirement. If he was looking for a GUI editor, I'd have recommended
> nedit - I've never found anything better.[/color]
I suddenly remember an editor that simulates WordStar: joe editor.
[url]http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/[/url]
But then, how many kids knew about WordStar? :)
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Re: Easy terminal text editor?
> Only a super-lamer-wanker Win-droid would do something as idiotic as that.[color=blue]
> Why bother to run Linux at all, if you can't even run a simple ****ing
> editor?[/color]
BTW, some Win$ editors are really good. Don't overlook them. Do we have
DreamWeaver 8 for Linux? No... I guess.
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