<div dir="ltr"><p>actually i find nano to be more prevalent than vi/vim in many distros, especially in a base install. the nice thing about nano is that it exists on unix as pico so you're covered there as well.</p>
<p>vi/vim and emacs are almost operating systems unto themselves and are usually overkill for just editing a text file. use nano and you'll be happy!</p>
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<p>happy mything!</p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Leif Pihl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leif@pihl.us" target="_blank">leif@pihl.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you gents.<br>I did not realize this was such a potent, dangerous topic.<br>I'll to the vi / nano route as JF recommended:<br>
vi basics because every distro has it, but<br> nano if I'm going to go any deeper.<br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>LP<br></font></span>
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<div class="h5"><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Nov 14, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:<br><br>>> I can't recall the name of the Text Editor, but I know it had only two digits, and I think one was the letter "V'.<br>
>> If I was only interested in that text editor, I could (re)ask him the name of if...<br>>><br>><br>> vi is probably what he used, and it is one of the most powerful<br>> around... but also a very, eccentric, one.<br>
><br>>><br>>> What I'm interested in hearing your opinion on is...<br>>><br>>> What Text Editor do you think is "the best" (by what ever definition you choose),<br>>> and/or the one that you would recommend to a "newbie" like me?<br>
><br>> vim or emacs are probably "the best", however both come with fairly<br>> steep learning curves.<br>><br>> I find that I use nano most often as it's very simple.<br>><br>> I recommend that you take the time to understand the basics of vi, as<br>
> it is included in just about every linux distribution, including many<br>> embedded systems. But unless you work in it regularly and are willing<br>> to take some time to really get to know it, having nano around, which<br>
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