[Discuss] text mode visual editor

[Bernie C. Till]

Hi Chris --

I actually have mc already installed, and though I see a split screen when
listing directories, which allows me to copy entire files and directories
from one side to the other with the aplomb, I don't see how to edit two text
files at once and copy/paste a block of text from one to the other.

How do I go about doing that with mc?

Regards,
-- Bernie.

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at vlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at vlug.org]On Behalf Of
Chris Thomas Wakefield
Sent: April 26, 2014 5:35 PM
To: discuss at vlug.org
Subject: Re: [Discuss] text mode visual editor


On Saturday April 26 2014 05:29:40 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...

>

> Regards,

> -- Bernie.



That would be the ncurses mc, otherwise known as "Midnight Commander". On
Debian, the package is simply: "mc".

Chris W.
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