zentara wrote:

> "Yates, Larry" wrote:
> >
> > I'd suggest using Midnight Commander's edit feature.
> > >From the command prompt, type "mc", select your file, and hit F4 .
> > This also run from with xwindows.
> >
> > No learning curve at all!
> >
> Yes, I agree the Midnight Commander editor is called mcedit,

WOW! Im always amazed at what I learn from this list, thats a nice editor!

> and
> is not the most "feature-rich", but it is the easiest.
> Just remember to set Midnight Commander's options to use
> the Internal Editor, otherwise it uses the default editor
> which is usually "vi" or "vim". Yikes...

Yes i noticed that yesterday when I was in mc and did the f4 it went to
vim, not bad but Ive not yet mastered vi although I am practicing.

mcedit = excellent tip

>
> When I was first learning I had to reboot to get out of vi.:-)

It can be a little intimaditing ;-)
thanks
rob
Linux Home page http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm


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