021013 Ron Stodden & Philip Webb discussed:
PW> 9.0 includes Joe, which offers 'jpico', a more powerful version of Pico.
RS> Not so.  Here's an expert, install everything:
RS>   [ron@small ron]$ joe
RS>   bash: joe: command not found
PW> here's my CD2 for 9.0rc1 :
PW>   -r--r--r--  5 root root 146979 Aug 13 16:15 joe-2.9.7-6mdk.i586.rpm
PW> unfortunately, when the Mandrake installer installs "everything",
PW> it doesn't necessarily install everything (smile).
RS> I know joe is post-installable
RS> AFAIK the only command line text editor installed is  emacs .
RS> X is a problem to many people and having only emacs,
RS> which is overkill, is simply not good enough.

yes, my standard editor is Gvim, but Joe is useful for little tasks:
it also allows emulation of the similar Borland Turbo editor;
and  jpico  has a lot more than simple Pico, eg an undo function.

Mandrake folx: shouldn't Joe be installed under 'Office' & 'Development'?

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