On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Richard Menedetter wrote:
> PS: Do you know any similar linux editor ?? (something in between vim and
> emacs, which can handle multiple files, and has the features of ms-edit ?)
> at the moment i'm using pico, but it is hmmm ...
I also use pico (almost exclusively). Mostly because of pine,
I think. I got used to it, and learned to like it.
> If you know one please also write it to me in private email, because I will
> unsubscribe from the arachne list for 1-2 months. thanx in advance.
There are so many I've heard of, joe, ed, elvis, etc.
but the only two I can think of that I ever tried are
mcedit and nano. Nano's really just a clone of pico, but
smaller. Earlier versions of pine had a hard time with
VERY large files... say over a few MB, while nano handled
them just fine. In the meantime, pico's upgrades fixed
that problem, so I don't even have nano installed any more.
I'm not sure exactly which features you're looking for in
an editor, but 'mcedit' (aka, cooledit), which comes with
midnight commander might fit the bill. Hit F9 for the
pulldown menus which then gives it the more familiar menu
bar across the top with commands that sound more like the
DOS ones than "write out". In addition to its plain
editor capabilities, it also has macros, auto-formatting
for writing C, the ability to look at a file in 7-bit or
8-bit mode, and let's not forget all the embedded help...
If by multiple files, you mean a split screen with both
files visible at the same time, I just open two picos
in X and cut'n'paste between them.
I've also had picos opened on different consoles,
and manipulated text back and forth between files
that way. A gpm copy from one console will paste
to another console, in case you didn't know. :-)
I use pico mostly because it's what I'm used to,
but if I wasn't used to it, mcedit would probably be
my default text editor.
- Steve
