Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-04 Thread Mark Terribile
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:50:47AM -0400 or thereabouts, Gerard Samuel wrote: Well I've been using FreeBSD for the past maybe 4 years now. I've been using ee (don't laugh) to do all my editing on the command line. Im looking to grow out of ee into something else. Naturally, something that

Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Gerard Samuel
Well I've been using FreeBSD for the past maybe 4 years now. I've been using ee (don't laugh) to do all my editing on the command line. Im looking to grow out of ee into something else. Naturally, something that can open/edit files. And if possible, I've heard of editors with color syntax

Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Rus Foster
Well I've been using FreeBSD for the past maybe 4 years now. I've been using ee (don't laugh) to do all my editing on the command line. Im looking to grow out of ee into something else. Naturally, something that can open/edit files. And if possible, I've heard of editors with color syntax

Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Alin-Adrian Anton
You can use VIM (vi improved). I consider it the best editor, with full syntax highliting, etc. You can find it in the /usr/ports/editors/vim I suppose. A more easy to use editor but not so powerfull is pico, ported from linux. Gerard Samuel wrote: Well I've been using FreeBSD for the past

Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Nico Meijer
Hi, A more easy to use editor but not so powerfull is pico, ported from linux. Pico has a cousin, GNU nano. I love it. http://www.nano-editor.org/ Buhbye... Nico ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Robertdkeys
If you are serious about editing, it is probably wise to at least be proficient in ed and vi. Everything else beyond that is eye candy. no editor wars intended. Ed will dig you out of deep holes when all you have is your root fs and everything else has gone to hades in a handbasket. Vi will

Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Joshua Oreman
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:50:47AM -0400 or thereabouts, Gerard Samuel wrote: Well I've been using FreeBSD for the past maybe 4 years now. I've been using ee (don't laugh) to do all my editing on the command line. Im looking to grow out of ee into something else. Naturally, something that can

Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Gerard Samuel
Gerard Samuel wrote: Well I've been using FreeBSD for the past maybe 4 years now. I've been using ee (don't laugh) to do all my editing on the command line. Im looking to grow out of ee into something else. Naturally, something that can open/edit files. And if possible, I've heard of editors

Re: Suggestions to a command line editor

2003-09-03 Thread Doug Poland
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:05:35PM -0400, Gerard Samuel wrote: Thanks to all those that replied. Im going to take a shot at vim-lite, and see where it leads me. VIM has the added advantage of being cross-platform. I use it on MacOS X and Windows. Very nice to have the same application on