Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 22:00:02 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gui editor Message-ID: <37DDAC22.E3FF043A@confusion.net> References: <XFMail.990913152847.tw@ettnet.se> <19990914112052.V10106@freebie.lemis.com>
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If you want something *really* easy to learn use pico. It's not exactly a powerhouse, in fact it doesn't have much in terms of features, but just like pine all the commands are at the bottom of the screen. I for one use emacs, but pico could be what you need. Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 13 September 1999 at 15:30:01 +0200, Thomas Widlundh wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a good editor for FreeBSD that somebody know of. > > Not to big. Emacs is far to big to my little box. > > How do you determine that? Sure, it stands for "Eight Megabytes And > Continually Swapping", but most people have more than 8 MB of memory > now. > > Emacs used to be big, but by modern Microsoft standards it's lean and > mean. It's also a lot easier to learn than vi. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 The above email Copyright (C) 1999 Laurence Berland All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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