Dump that Windows box and install Linux. I am dumbfounded that your professor wouldn't insist on it, as a matter of fact. Ned writes: > HI all, > I just came back from my Unix class and my teacher is getting desparate > with me. I used pico to write a little paragraph -- which went ok until I > tried to go back to some words to correct them. Because we use putty, I > can't focus the cursor on a particular letter to -- say -- delete it, and > everything got mmessed up. Then using VI, Iwas supposed to edit a paragraph > of text. After he saw what I did, he went speachless. SO tell me, is there > any other more friendly remote client like telnet or something. > Plese people, encourage me in these tough times and tell me what to do? I > appologize for posting a question little off the topic, but putty is > actually using Unix commands sent to it from the machine running it. > > Many thanks in advance good people. > Ned > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.