The simplest is already built into freebsd; it's called ee. It has some keystroke help built into the top of the editor display. Another easy editor to use is joe (Joe's own editor). It also has a displayed keystroke help section, and, while it's not vi, it is a fairly powerful (yet fairly) simple editor.
/usr/ports/editors/joe-devel Tim Kellers CPE-NJIT On Friday 30 May 2003 03:16 pm, HG wrote: >Hi All, > >I am looking for a simple text editor that i can use when >i connect to the freebsd box with an ssh client (no x window) >that supports vt100 or vt400 (called putty.exe) . >Should also be able to connect to a linux box by recompiling >source for the linux computer. > >There are so many editors listed in the packages cd , can >anyone recommend one in particular > >Prefered is one that is menu driven with no keystrokes >to remember other than the common keys on the pc >keyboard : delete , arrows , backspace etc. > >thanks > >Henri > > >_______________________________________________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
