From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 14 9:47:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74F6B151B7 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:47:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:47:25 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C52@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: Thomas Widlundh Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: gui editor Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:50:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Did any suggest the "ee" editor that comes with FreeBSD? -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Laurence Berland [SMTP:stuyman@confusion.net] > Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 10:00 PM > To: Greg Lehey > Cc: Thomas Widlundh; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: gui editor > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message