From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 08:32:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B251065672 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:32:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9420E8FC15 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:32:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3P89BWn028723; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:09:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <4F97B127.3020100@qeng-ho.org> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:09:11 +0100 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120423 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anton Shterenlikht , FreeBSD-Questions References: <20120424175026.GD1303@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <201204241833.q3OIXwTR013401@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20120424190227.GA1773@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120424190227.GA1773@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:32:22 -0000 On 04/24/12 20:02, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> >>> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 >>> From: Anton Shterenlikht >>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U >>> >>> My daughter is doing a touch typing course >>> that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine >>> with pico, but now they want the kids to >>> practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), >>> CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use >>> these particular combinations because that >>> is how the on-line assessment tool is set out. >>> >>> I use nothing but vi, so have no clue which, >>> if any, editor from ports/editors will have >>> these particular combinations implemented. >>> >>> Please recommend one, preferably as simple >>> and as small as possible. >> >> Sorry *NO* 'text editor' has those capabilities, let alone has >> them on those key sequences. >> >> Those are 'word processor' functions. word processor' software >> is required. > > I know, I know.. > > I don't know why in a touchtyping course > you need to teach kids this, but.. > > Anyway, abiword seems to do what I need. > > Let me know if there's anything lighter. For a no brain, no effort solution, how about Google Docs? Otherwise, you might want to take a look at the port www/tinymce3. It's a JavaScript editor that runs in a browser and does word processorish things. You can see what it's like at http://www.tinymce.com/tryit/full.php (Javascript needed, fairly obviously :-) Caveat: I've never used it seriously, Abiword and/or Google Docs cover the few times I need to be compatible with the Windows world.