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  • N Nitron

    Anyone know of a good (as in windows-style) text editor for UNIX (Solaris)? (The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: ) ~Nitron.


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    VI isn't that bad, to enter the commands ESC-wq (write, quit) ESC-q! to exit without saving etc. NANO is easy to use in the command line, it shows everything. -Steven Hicks

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      Anyone know of a good (as in windows-style) text editor for UNIX (Solaris)? (The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: ) ~Nitron.


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      Jim Crafton
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      LOL! :) Use vi! I finally just gave in and learned just enough to be able to edit config files with it. :) ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned

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      • N Nitron

        Anyone know of a good (as in windows-style) text editor for UNIX (Solaris)? (The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: ) ~Nitron.


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        emacs is a pain to install (as the default for various applications) and get used to. But you'll love it once you get used to it. "To his dog, every man is Napoleon"

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          emacs is a pain to install (as the default for various applications) and get used to. But you'll love it once you get used to it. "To his dog, every man is Napoleon"

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          Ramanan Sivan wrote: emacs Ramanan Sivan wrote: you'll love it once you get used to it um... no. I cant get over the dysfunctional scrollbar operation. :mad: It's like every UNIX weenie has his own interpretation of how controls should work and how menu commands are named. The moral of the story: It's no surprise MS dominates the OS field. ~Nitron.


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            Ramanan Sivan wrote: emacs Ramanan Sivan wrote: you'll love it once you get used to it um... no. I cant get over the dysfunctional scrollbar operation. :mad: It's like every UNIX weenie has his own interpretation of how controls should work and how menu commands are named. The moral of the story: It's no surprise MS dominates the OS field. ~Nitron.


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            I agree with you totally. I like using Windows since I actually like to get some work done instead of spending all my time fiddling with my PC searching for drivers ;p But if you are stuck using Linux and need an editor I think there are few sophisticated alternatives to emacs "To his dog, every man is Napoleon"

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              I agree with you totally. I like using Windows since I actually like to get some work done instead of spending all my time fiddling with my PC searching for drivers ;p But if you are stuck using Linux and need an editor I think there are few sophisticated alternatives to emacs "To his dog, every man is Napoleon"

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              if you're interested, check out nedit as mentioned by Max above. Way cool! ~Nitron.


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                Anyone know of a good (as in windows-style) text editor for UNIX (Solaris)? (The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: ) ~Nitron.


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                vi Josef Wainz Software Developer

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                • N Nitron

                  Anyone know of a good (as in windows-style) text editor for UNIX (Solaris)? (The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: ) ~Nitron.


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                  I use gedit on Linux - very nice. Don't know if its available on Solaris.

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                    Anyone know of a good (as in windows-style) text editor for UNIX (Solaris)? (The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: ) ~Nitron.


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                    Nitron wrote: The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: vi Come on then! Whatcha gonna do? Bleed on me? ;P Seriously: On Unixish systems, nothing beats emacs. If you don't like it; fix it. It's extensible enough to host pretty much anything you need inside it. And then some more. Heck, if it was possible, some people would rather boot emacs than an OS. Those who argue that emacs sucks doesn't know and/or appreciate Lisp. It requires a month or so to become friend with emacs, but when you have, it'll be your best friend ever. After having been locked up in the Windows world for three years, I really do miss emacs. :sigh: -- Booohoo!

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                      Nitron wrote: The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: vi Come on then! Whatcha gonna do? Bleed on me? ;P Seriously: On Unixish systems, nothing beats emacs. If you don't like it; fix it. It's extensible enough to host pretty much anything you need inside it. And then some more. Heck, if it was possible, some people would rather boot emacs than an OS. Those who argue that emacs sucks doesn't know and/or appreciate Lisp. It requires a month or so to become friend with emacs, but when you have, it'll be your best friend ever. After having been locked up in the Windows world for three years, I really do miss emacs. :sigh: -- Booohoo!

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                      Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Nitron wrote: The first one to mention vi shall invoke the wrath of :bob: vi Come on then! Whatcha gonna do? Bleed on me? Sorry, you weren't the first one... You missed out ;P Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Those who argue that emacs sucks doesn't know and/or appreciate Lisp I would suggest that anyone with a Lisp go see a speech therapist, after a few years you'll forget you ever even had one. :rolleyes: ~Nitron.


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                        who in their right mind would ever think to type :pq rs A+ | grep -pLR u8 %s vQry i qr pxub y just to enter a tab! or... :z dQ rui | awk -yIb -1 instead of hitting [backspace]! And obviously when I hit [backspace], I really want to type [^h. May be logical for some, but not I. ~Nitron.


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