[ILUG] text editor for absolute beginners
Sean Rima
sean at tcob1.net
Tue Dec 10 18:18:03 GMT 2002
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Hi Ken!
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Ken Guest wrote:
> Looking to install a text editor that'll be used by absolute beginners.
> I don't want to, nor have the time,
> to teach them how to use emacs or vim so I'm really looking for the
> simplest editor that's out there
> it doesn't have to have any fancy functionality or anything like that.
> I'm leaning towards pico - is there anything simpler?
>
I believe that others have adviced against Pico which is a good thing,
Nano is a better idea. Whilst a tad more work, I would go for Jed, my
wife uses it and she is a complete novice
Sean
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