- Feb 17, 2002
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I'm new to the world of *nix and am looking for a text editor that's easy to use (you know... Notepad-like).
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
Originally posted by: drag
then try nano.
At the bottom of the screen you'll see various things like ^G or ^X
The ^ means controller key. So ^X would be ctrl-x combo.
I suggest taking a strong look at screen. This will allow you to multitask easily and save sessions between logins. It's a 'terminal multiplexer' and uses ctrl-a then a combos and such. For a list of commands run screen and hit ctrl-a then ? The ctrl-a is a sort of prompt so that "screen" knows the next key combo will be a command.
If your curious about trying vim some time there should be a program called vimtutor that will help you get the basic controls down. But if you want simple then nano is the way to go.