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- | Inevitably with a shell account, you are going to need to edit text in files. There are numerous text editors available on SDF. Here is a list of [[https:// | + | ==== Text Editors ==== |
+ | Inevitably with a shell account, you are going to need to edit text in files. There are numerous text editors available on SDF. Here is a list of [[https:// | ||
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+ | As you can see, there are quite a few to choose | ||
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+ | To restate and distill the above, the mainstream editors in unix, and thus on SDF, are in the following separate families, with an indication of the most modern flavor **which one you should use**, ignoring all the weight of unix history: | ||
+ | ^ Family | ||
+ | ^ emacs | the does-it-all-and-more | ||
+ | ^ [[pico_cheat_sheet|pico]] | original, easiest to use, with onscreen help //pico//, superceded by flavors // | ||
+ | ^ vi| original and powerful modal editor //vi//, superceded by flavors //[[vim]]// "vi improved", | ||
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- | As you can see, there are quite a few to choose from. Some are simple, and some are complex and quite amazingly powerful. I find [[pico_cheat_sheet|pico]] convenient and easy to use. Many on SDF like [[wp> |
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