Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:43:51 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Robin, Michael" <robin@chapman.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: text editor Message-ID: <20120829004351.5e735389.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <D3E0D46DA47D9749A75DA627A9E47CE94B38E69A@CUP-EXMB01.chapman.edu> References: <D3E0D46DA47D9749A75DA627A9E47CE94B38E69A@CUP-EXMB01.chapman.edu>
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:09:39 +0000, Robin, Michael wrote: > Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system with > following features: > * Support 100 percent of hot keys Depends also on the terminal emulator used and if it's configured properly. Editors like the one belonging to the Midnight Commander (mcedit) can learn keys. > * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, > moved or deleted without requiring any mouse lock. That applies to most editors, like Joe's Own Editor (joe), mcedit (already mentioned) or vi / vim. > It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined > with navigating key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. I know that both mcedit and joe support this, i. e. editing inside an already selected region; joe also is able to handle the begin and the end of the selection independently (^KB and ^KK). > * Support special ASCII characters Also depends on terminal emulator and certain system settings, as well as your preferred input method. I've been succhessfully using chinese characters in mcedit running in xterm with the LC_* language setting to en_US.UTF-8. Use with non-UTF local characters is easlily possible even in text mode consoles, using e. g. ISO8859-1 on cons25l1 emulation. I'm quite sure that even the "basic editors" can support that. As a programmer, you should have no problems evaluating the family of editor you will use, and find the one that fits your needs best. Try for example vim and gvim, also give mcedit and joe a try. Make sure your system is properly configured (terminal emulation and language settings, keyboard settings) so you can benefit from what those editors can do. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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