From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 20 13:28: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from voyager.galileo.edu (samsara.galileo.edu [216.230.140.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A31AA37B401 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:28:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obonilla@galileo.edu) Received: (qmail 9346 invoked by uid 1001); 20 Jul 2001 20:28:31 -0000 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:28:31 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla To: Jim Krenz Cc: FreeBSD QUESTIONS Subject: Re: Program recommendations Message-ID: <20010720142830.A9330@galileo.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Jim Krenz , FreeBSD QUESTIONS References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from unixverse@mac.com on Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:20:20PM -0700 X-Mailer: Mutt 1.2i (2000-05-09) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here's what I use: Shell: tcsh Text Editor: xemacs for serious writing and vi for editing config scripts Email client: mutt In tcsh you'll find very convenient to put these lines in your .tcshrc set prompt="%B%m%b %~ %# " set autolist=ambiguous bindkey -k up history-search-backward bindkey -k down history-search-forward the first line gives you a prompt like machine /dir > the second allows you to use double tab for the autocompletion feature (like bash). the third and fourth lines allow you to recall history searching by the first letter, for instance, if you type l and press the up key it will let you select from the history all commands that start with the letter l. I like xemacs because it looks better on X and because it has a package manager that lets you upgrade really easy. it has all the features that emacs has. it's big though and you'll have to learn a lot. I use vi because it's what all systems have and it's sort of lightweight. I think Mutt is probably the best email client (it's not a graphical email client). regards, -oscar On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:20:20PM -0700, Jim Krenz wrote: > Hello all, > > I have just installed FreeBSD 4.3, and am now attempting to figure out which > programs to use for various tasks. I am completely new to Unix-like systems > and the choices of options are plentiful (and somewhat confusing to my > newbie mind). In particular, I would like opinions on the following three: > > Shell > Text editor > E-mail client > > I realize this is a slightly loaded question, as I suspect that everyone has > their favorite program. But I am asking this because I am overwhelmed at the > moment, and need some help to get started. > > My main concern is this: I don't want to spend a ton of time learning one > program, and then six weeks later, find out that there is a better program > that was already available. I don't care if a program is harder to initially > learn--I just want the one that will serve me the best for the long term. > > Thanks for any advice! > > Jim > Jim Krenz > unixverse@mac.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- pgp public key: finger obonilla@galileo.edu pgp fingerprint: 9735 2F52 D499 17E2 D03B 5960 241D 09EA 349F 923E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message