> > > :q! > > > > > > The only one I need (and want) to know
Couldn't agree more! > Even gentoo, that more awkward of distros to install and configure, > promotes nano as its default editor! Yeah, or joe. Take a floppy etc, it has at least the big advantage... > For ages I never knew how to even get out of vi and often had to kill it > from another console if I inadvertently invoked it. that it tells you on screen how the f... to get out of it again! And while we're at PITA editors, emacs = vi. Both in the mental state of the 70s which 80s user interface developments have passed right by. At least the GUI versions can easily be told to eff off without having to RTFM for 3 hours. </rant> Maybe there's hope: http://www.linuxformat.co.uk NEdit voted second best editor. 9/10 Vim - text/GTK 8/10 NEdit - Motif GNU Emacs - text/GTK 7/10 Kate - KDE Minimum Profit - GTK 6/10 CoolEdit - X 5/10 nano - text 3/10 gedit - GTK The Verdict "But NEdit wins through on simplicity - it's had several years to perfect an environment that makes complex and simple changes straighforward, and when it comes to editing single files, it's hard to find a better graphical editor that will do any better. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
