On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:10:29AM +0000, Andy Green wrote: I used to (and still do} like Pico, which is installed with the Pine mail client. In Fedora C1, a seemingly identical editor is invoked by typing in "nano". It is especially kind to newbies as it has a menu at the bottom of the screen that is simple to use. I suppose it will never be as popular as Emacs or Vi, but it does everything I need it to do. Gedit works well withing a GUI, and is also kind to newbies. Which editor to use is a subject for a book! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 07 March 2004 07:30, Tom Needs a Hat Mitchell wrote: > > > All editors are personal preference. > > This is true... the price for teaching your fingers is high so people tend to > stick with what they know. > > You really need two editors, one for 'textmode tight spots' in a console or > over ssh, and one for 'real editing' in a GUI. For what its worth I also use > vi when I am editing in a textmode console, it has more features than I know > how to use, but all I really need from it is the core editing actions. I > favour kwrite / kate in X, which I find very clean and obvious. KDE has this > sort of kwrite editing component scheme, so the same editor turns up in > multiple KDE apps. > > ssh, scp and a lightweight editor like vi is not to be sniffed at in terms of > being able to get work done remotely and securely on low bandwidth. > > - -Andy > > - -- > Find your answer without waiting for replies.... > Searchable list archives at > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFASwMljKeDCxMJCTIRAtVqAJ0SpHIJg/0i9WHzpUuqgqeSrSUpvgCdGOru > y8zVRqzvBGkKTYQnqBQ3h40= > =q18l > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
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