David- I actually don't have enough experience with *nix text editors to have a preference. When I started up Oxygen for the first time it went through a script, part of which asked me to choose which editor I wanted to use. I chose e3 not out of any personal preference but because it was first in the list. I've been reading this mailing list for over a year so I know that e3 can be configured to emulate many popular text editors but since I specified e3 when Oxygen asked me which I wanted to use I assumed I would be using 'generic' e3. Due to my lack of experience, when it came time to edit files I couldn't figure out how to work the editor, so I went looking for the e3 man page. When commands suggested in the e3 man page didn't work I became confused and produced the first post in this thread. Helpful posts from helpful list members helped me to realize that e3 was emulating vi. Once I figured that out I was fine. I am now able to edit anything on the system that needs editing.
Again, I don't have a personal preference when it comes to *nix text editors. As long as I can get an editor to save my changes I'm happy. If you as the developer are curious as to why e3 in my copy of Oxygen defaults to vi emulation when e3 is specified in the initial boot sequence I'd be glad to report on the various settings in various configuration files, but otherwise I'm happy with it as it is. I'm not writing the Great American Novel here, just editing a few scripts :) with the ultimate goal of establishing an Oxygen- based FTP server. Thanks for your help and for a great product. Brent Gardner ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "Brent P. Gardner" wrote: > > > Thanks Steve, Charles, and Patrick for your suggestions. It turns > > out that e3 was in vi mode as suggested below. This confuses me > > because both e3 and vi are in the list of options displayed when > > Oxygen asks which editor you would like to use. Since I specified > > e3 I didn't think to try vi commands. > > Sounded like you wanted WordStar commands - if you use e3ws, or > change E3EM to the appropriate value in .profile, then it should > work. > > Did you do that? Is it working for you now? > > _______________________________________________ > Leaf-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf- user > > _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
