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Re: [LUG] VI alternative

 

On Wednesday 14 February 2007 10:05, Terry Hill wrote:
>
> Is there a good bash invoked alternative that works like notepad, with
> a few keyboard shortcuts for saving or quitting, that will let me use
> cursor keys to get around and edit text files?
>

I like joe. It works as you say - simply use the arrow keys to navigate the 
document. No modes or anything like that. It can also do syntax highlighting 
for source code and copy/paste using keyboard shortcuts. The keyboard 
shortcuts aren't quite so hideous as vi, e.g.:

Quit: Ctrl-K-q
Save: Ctrl-K-s

Apt-gettable in Debian.

Regards,
David.

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David Johnson
www.david-web.co.uk

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