Hi Someone wrote: > One thing bad about linux editorsYou have to learn them. I can switch from > notepad to TextPad to UltraEdit without having to figure out what keystrokes > to use with each program. Home puts you at the beginning of the line. > Shift+cursordown marks the line. Shift+Del cuts the line. Shift+Ins pastes > it. Control+f,s saves the file. > OK, that is one point of view although not really accurate. Ctrl f usually is the find command. But Linux editors do offer a wider choice to the user and the learning of a new command set seems like unnecessary work. But if you care to look there is some consistency. Ctrl a and e for example. Which step outside the realms of editors. Not forgetting the power of these editors. What a wonderful world, we are individuals with individual choices. Enjoy the learning! Gena > They all have their own keys for the fancy stuff but you can do the basics > without learning anything about the editor. > That's a very fair point indeed. Sometimes, I forget I'm editing with emacs or vim and hit one of those Windows editor keys. Derrr! One thing I like a lot about using one of the Linux editors is that I can just type its name and the file to bring up. It reminds me of the old DOS days, when I did the same with WordPerfect. If there's a way to do that in Windows, I don't know it. With it, I have to be careful which directory it's looking in for a file, or which directory became the default if I had the temerity to put something in other than "my documents." Al _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup __________ NOD32 2633 (20071102) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
