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<DIV><SPAN class=338132516-27042014><FONT face="'DejaVu Sans'">Hi Chris
--</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=338132516-27042014><FONT face="'DejaVu Sans'">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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=338132516-27042014><FONT face="'DejaVu Sans'">How do I go about
doing that with mc?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=338132516-27042014><FONT
face="'DejaVu Sans'">Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=338132516-27042014>-- Bernie.</SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discuss-bounces@vlug.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@vlug.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Chris Thomas
Wakefield<BR><B>Sent:</B> April 26, 2014 5:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
discuss@vlug.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Discuss] text mode visual
editor<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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Saturday April 26 2014 05:29:40 PM Bernie C. Till wrote:</P>
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Hi All --</P>
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Can anyone suggest a good visual editor that works in console (tty) mode? I</P>
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would like to have a split screen, with two files open, with the ability to</P>
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copy text from one file into the other file.</P>
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I'm told that emacs might have this capability, but I'm hoping for something</P>
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with a shallower learning curve...</P>
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Regards,</P>
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-- Bernie.</P>
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would be the ncurses mc, otherwise known as "Midnight Commander". On Debian, the
package is simply: "mc".</P>
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W.</P></BODY></HTML>