TextEditor: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:44, 17 November 2008

Use the Write activity. This uses libabiword, but has a much simpler UI.

There are some text-mode editors that you can run from the command line in the Terminal Activity:

Nano
the powerful Vi
- 'vi' is actually vim (vi iMproved)
- You might find the Vi cheatsheet at: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/vimcheat.html to be of use
Emacs is a high-powered, flexible editor
Install MicroEMACS by copying this file to the laptop.
Zile is a lightweight Emacs clone
To install: sudu yum install zile

Old instructions: Install this rpm file to get it.

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 * [[Emacs]] is a high-powered, flexible editor
 * Install [http://www.mtxia.com/fancyIndex/Tools/Editors/MicroEMACS/ MicroEMACS] by copying [http://www.mtxia.com/fancyIndex/Tools/Editors/MicroEMACS/me404linux.bin this file] to the laptop.
-* [http://zile.sourceforge.net/ Zile] is a lightweight Emacs clone. Install [ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/extras/6/i386/zile-2.2.19-1.fc6.i386.rpm this rpm file] to get it.
+* [http://zile.sourceforge.net/ Zile] is a lightweight Emacs clone
+*: To install: <tt>sudu yum install zile</tt>
+*: Old instructions: Install [ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/extras/6/i386/zile-2.2.19-1.fc6.i386.rpm this rpm file] to get it.
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