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From: wes@intele.net (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: vi is a drag! Is there something else?
Date: 16 Jun 1995 20:59:42 GMT
Organization: the briney, briney deep
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Michael Soentgerath (boss@msoenix.du.gtn.com) wrote:
: In article <3rafvg$28j@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, yzalkow@fox.ee.vt.edu (Yuval
: Zalkow) wrote:
: > Etienne Finet (efinet@insist.com) wrote:
: > : Who knows a better editor for unix.
: > : Is pico available?
: >
: > : Many thanks, Etienne
: >
: > If you're a PC type person, and like the WordStar keys, (the control-K ones,)
: > then you should try JOE. It's in the ported software for FreeBSD, I'm running
: > it under FreeBSD 2.0R. (I think its in the ported software, either that or
: > it doesn't need much to compile it for FreeBSD.)
: >
: > There's also Crisp, (a Brief clone,) and CE, a small easy to use and learn
: > editor that's out there somewhere.
: Yep, but don't forget to learn the basics of VI! Be shure that VI and not
: your choice is avalaible on every Unix! Remember Murphy if you need to
: edit something on an Unix machine! :-)
If you want truly portable editing on UNIX systems, learn ed(1). I've
owned a couple of systems, and worked on several others, that did not
have vi natively. ;^)
For all-around editing on UNIX, especially if you have X11, learn and use
GNU Emacs. If you have a FreeBSD CD-ROM, it is most likely on there, or
can be obtained in binary from your favorite FreeBSD ftp site. O'Reilly
and Associates (as usual) publishes an excellent book, "Learning GNU
Emacs" which will help you over the learning curve. Emacs is especially
nice if you are a programmer, it is FreeBSD's "Integrated Development
Environment." The O'Reilly book will explain all this in great detail.
Good luck!
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