[Discuss] text mode visual editor

[Jeremy Kiffiak]

Bernie,

There are a few command line editors that support split screens  functionality (vim, emacs, etc).  However another option is to use a screen multiplexer like screen, tmux or byobu which would allow you to do split screens with any editor whether or not they support the feature natively.  I prefer the nano editor myself which does not currently have a built-in split screen feature.  Using byobu+nano I can quickly and easily get this working however. There are quite a number of other benefits to using a screen multiplexer so if you aren't using one at the moment I highly recommend checking one of them out (personally I use byobu).

For a quick cheat sheet of vim, emacs and nano commands check out this link:

http://hyperpolyglot.org/text-mode-editors

For more information about byobu take a look here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Byobu

Good luck!

Jeremy


On Apr 27, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Bernie C. Till <bctill at ece.uvic.ca> wrote:

> Hi Deryk --
> 
> Hmmm... I may have to bite the emacs bullet.
> 
> As an aside, I recall seeing a cartoon illustrating the learning curves of
> different editors.  The one for vi was a very quick rise to a very low
> plateau.  The one for emacs was a spiral...
> 
> Regards,
> -- Bernie.
> 
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> Subject: Re: [Discuss] text mode visual editor
> 
> 
> 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
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