Pico (comes with PINE console mailer), has its limitations, but if you ahve problems rembering vi commands, and arent worried about line length then you should be ok...
However, there is something to a 'limit' on a single line for pico.. can not remember what that was dealing with... HTH, On Thursday 29 November 2001 20:20, you were heard blurting out: > On Friday 30 November 2001 10:27, Matthew Carpenter enunciated: > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:49:46 +1000 > > > > "Keith Antoine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I must also admit that to me vi is an editor that I thouroughly "hate", > > > it was as AFAIAC written by a certifiable geek, on a bad trip with > > > drugs. So I would not have got far here, joe, jove are my limits. > > > > VI was written so you could BE on drugs and get out of the file without > > hidden stuff. It's ugly, but so is BIND when you don't know exactly what > > those zone files are made of! <g> > > The real problem is that I _Cannot_ remember the commands to type in as i > do not use an editor enough to remember. I can read however and click the > mouse button, also joe/jove have a commands reminder key sequence that I > can callup to jog the memory. > > I had a problem a while ago where I did not have access to any other editor > than vi, it took me hours of frustration to get a line altered. -- Bill Day ( a.k.a. BadMan ) 188133 http://counter.li.org irc.openprojects.net #linux-users ( Open 24/7 ) Our crystal tears now fall upon the ashes, but from the dust shall grow a spirit, to be in compassion for those who are lost, and one in determination to break those who dare test our resolve to be free... http://www.daysdomain.com/tribute.html 9:30pm up 120 days, 12:01, 17 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.01 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
