On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Javilk wrote:
> > Well, I took a look at vi and emacs...and vi seemed to have the shorter
> > learning curve. I'm sure I'll get into them both, though.
>
> Try PICO, it comes with the PINE mail system, and is an installable
> option in Linux. I use Pico all the time. It is simple, to the point,
> and sort of good enough. Vi... I hate! WAY too many counter-intuitive
> keystrokes to do anything!
One thing to remember: pico is notorious for inserting carriage returns
whenever lines get what it thinks are too long...a benefit when using
it to write mail, but devastating on some system files...using the -w
switch disables this practice; if you use it regularly, put an alias
in your .profile file (or whatever startup file you use).
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