From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.254]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cilx5-0002q6-00 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:53:47 -0500 Received: from user-10ib9c5.biz.mindspring.com ([65.37.165.133] helo=bruzos) by pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Cilx3-0007Gz-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:53:45 -0800 Received: by bruzos (Postfix, from userid 501) id 2F4C010007; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:53:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:53:44 -0500 From: David Bruzos To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041227035344.GA8742@bruzos.org> References: <010f01c4eba7$373bfac0$6a00a8c0@desktop> <20041227025709.GA7448@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041227025709.GA7448@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: editing files X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:53:47 -0000 I agree: If you want easy, use nano (I love nano). If you want power use vi/emacs. I am a newbie myself and I use nano very very much. I even use it in Windows via cygwin! When I use Windows (that is), which has become a rare occurance. David B. On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:57:09PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > You have several text editors available. The two powerhouse choices are > emacs and vim. You'll probably want to get with one of these two > eventually. > > A lighter weight alternative that's much easier to get up to speed with, > and that also works quite well with speech, is nano. If you ever used > pine for email, you'll feel right at home with nano. > > I think these are the top choices, though there are certainly other > editors available. > > Glenn at home writes: > > What is a stock program for editing text files? > > I have used the command > > less > > for viewing a file, and I have been reading, but have not found a reference > > to editing files. > > edit does not work. > > Thanks for any help > > BTW, this is debian > > Glenn > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina@freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup