Russel,
I am a brandnew newbie.
And QEdit is the 'only thing' I use for word-processing,
in MSDOS/WIN95. Aside from Notepad for quickies, long filenames.
Solution 1:
I installed editor 'JOE' from it's RPM. (I forgot how but
it must have been easy.) I was surprised of my own success.
It looks like QEdit.
Solution 2:
I type MC and there is MidnightCommander.
(I found it installed after using the auto-install of RH 5.0.)
It has editing capability.
It is a nice thing to have has lots of nice beginner's tools.
Keep the big stuff (Emacs, etc) for when you need it. They
require a lot of learning. Similar to Linux itself. (Too many
streets, dont know any of them, ending up in the wrong place,
in a dead alley, usually.)
At 10:45 PM 7/30/99 -0400, Russell Simmons wrote:
>as a newbie that hasn't even done an install yet, but has been reading,
>reading, reading, i am very confused regarding the plethora of text
>editors available...i realize that fans of vi or emacs etc., have waged
>war over their preferences, but for a rank beginner, such as myself, the
>process of choosing one is daunting...which editor is the most intuitive
>and easiest to use, not necessarily the most powerful ?..
>
>thanks for the help
>russell.
>
Herman Aalderink, Philippines (Cebu island).
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