In addition to nano and joe, there is a text editor in Midnight Commander (the "mc" package). Also, if you want to know an editor that is on every linux system without exception, vi (AKA vim) is the one. It doesn't take much time to learn a few basic commands (less than 20) and you could be functional with a tool that will handle practically any editing task. A. Becker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Konstam [mailto:akonstam@Trinity.Edu] > Sent: October 14, 2002 3:31 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Where is my terminal text editor? > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:56:16PM +1000, John BouAntoun wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > > > Installed RH8.0 on weakend. > > Very slick, very impressive. > > > > I noticed that it defaulted to startup to GDM. I din't mind this because I always type startx when I log in anyway. But one thing I did notice was that I couldn't find a terminal editor anywhere > > no pico, joe, jedit or anything. Just Emacs. > > > joe is on CD #2 > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > 715 Stadium Dr. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@trinity.edu -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
