[Discuss] text mode visual editor

[Deryk Barker]

On 14-04-26 05:29 PM, Bernie C. Till wrote:
> Hi All --
>
> Can anyone suggest a good visual editor that works in console (tty) mode?  I
> would like to have a split screen, with two files open, with the ability to
> copy text from one file into the other file.
>
> I'm told that emacs might have this capability, but I'm hoping for something
> with a shallower learning curve...
You know when you fire up emacs you are told how, inter alia, to run the 
tutorial.

It takes about 30-45 minutes, after which time you'll know what you need 
to know to do what you want (and more).

It's worth it - I recommend it to my students.

deryk - happily using emacs since 1982.

-- 
Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept.
Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada