For me, THE too is a native editor for LINUX, since it comes with most
distributions, AFAIK.

See the following site for a typology of editors. The author of this site uses
religious terms for classes of editors (for example "Eastern Orthodox Editors")
and claims that the proper choice of an editor is determining the career.

http://www.softpanorama.org/Editors/index.shtml

Regards

Bernd



Am Die, 18 Feb 2003 schrieben Sie:
> Others have mentioned THE, but I'd add that you should start learning
> the native editors ASAP. The structure imposed by ISPF is foreign to
> Linux, and THE is not loaded by default on most system (it is a rare
> system that has THE on it).
>
> Without expressing preference, take a look at emacs, vi, and pico. These
> are far more common that THE (particularly vi and emacs), and are
> portable to other Unixen as well. All three should be included in most
> distributions of Linux -- check your CDs.
>
> -- db
>
> David Boyes
> Sine Nomine Associates
>
>

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