Is there any other text editor not vi for minix?

[Thiago]

elvis is the worst text editor I've ever used, the MS DOs edit is not so
good but its really better then elvis...
Is there any text editor for minix like Turbo C IDE or djgpp. for minix?

[Vivek Mohan]

> Thiago wrote:
> elvis is the worst text editor I've ever used, the MS DOs edit is not so
> good but its really better then elvis...

This is a common problem experienced by people migrating from MSDOS to
the *nixes. At first sight the popular editors seem horrible. You can't
type anything, you can't find the menu, the editor behaves erratically
for every key you press and when you finally manage to type something
you just can't figure out how to save and exit !

But the flip side to all this is that, text editing can be done in ways
you have never even imagined and once you master editors, like elvis or
vi or the emacs, you'll never even want to go back to MSDOS type
editors. All it takes is a lot of patience and a good learning curve.

> Is there any text editor for minix like Turbo C IDE or djgpp. for minix?

Maybe.

Vivek

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[Albert S Woodhull]

Thiago <t....@zipmail.com.br> wrote:
: elvis is the worst text editor I've ever used, the MS DOs edit is not so

: good but its really better then elvis...
: Is there any text editor for minix like Turbo C IDE or djgpp. for minix?

Some say real programmers use vi... It's a matter of preference. Vi is a
modal editor, you are either in command mode or editing mode. It's an
efficient way to have a rich command set and a fairly natural input
mode, but it's hard to learn... But anyone seriously considering doing
Unix system administration should learn the basics of vi. It is universally
available on Unix-like systems, and may be the only editor available when
you are trying to deal with a seriously crippled system in single user mode
after a crash.

Minix also provides mined and elle as part of the standard distribution.
Mined is easy to use, but good only for small files, and not usable over
a network connection. Elle is an emacs look-alike. If you like emacs you
will probably be happy with elle. My own preference: don't use the provided
.ellepro that makes elle emulate mined -- it's hard to use that way and
not at all as useful as in emacs mode.

There are two other options available as contributed software at
http://minix1.hampshire.edu/contrib.html. There is an improved version of
mined called mined2 contributed by Will Rose. It is said to use something
similar to the WordStar command set. See:
http://minix1.hampshire.edu/pub/contrib/mined2.txt for more info. Also
available is a port of pico to Minix, the info file on this is
http://minix1.hampshire.edu/pub/contrib/pico-bin.txt. Pico is the editor
used with the pine e-mail client.

Like many computer users I learned to use one editor well fairly early
in my education and have been happy to stick with it. My first love was
the CP/M variant of emacs called mince (Mince Is Not Complete Emacs). I
am happy with elle (Elle Looks Like Emacs). I have used mined and pico
when necessary, but I haven't felt motivated to test mined2 or the port
of pico to Minix. Currently I work with people who like vi, and I have
learned to pretend to like it.

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[Thiago]

should I use the [insert] every time i want to write
and [esc] when i want to erase characters and change of line?
it's boring. It's a computer program it should be better then a calc
type use;

Vivek Mohan escreveu:

[Thiago]

Thiago escreveu:

> elvis is the worst text editor I've ever used, the MS DOs edit is not so
> good but its really better then elvis...
> Is there any text editor for minix like Turbo C IDE or djgpp. for minix?
>

elle and mined is really much better then vi thanks for Albert S
Woodhull elvis is not for me i don't like to have to press insert to
type something and esc to correct edit it..
thanks a lot i think I'll use only mined.

[Thiago]

Thiago escreveu:

> elvis is the worst text editor I've ever used, the MS DOs edit is not so
> good but its really better then elvis...
> Is there any text editor for minix like Turbo C IDE or djgpp. for minix?
>

Elle and Mined is very better than Elvis
thank for Albert S Woodhull
I really like to use mined.

[Lew Pitcher]

Without hesitation, Thiago asserted (on or about 08/02/03 21:47) that:

> elvis is the worst text editor I've ever used,

Troll, begone

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[Lex Slaghuis]

try jmacs! execute by: jmacs filename.c

it's like joe with emacs keycommands and it R-O-C-K-S.

It's default installed on the minix-vmd I think. I'm not sure because i use
a special distro from the university.

also a nice trick is to use the vmd to connect to a x-server which has for
instance emacs. then you can edit your files with syntax highlighting etc.

[Chad Reid]

I know at one time or another I stumbled across a i386 binary
of pico and used that while I had minix on. Personally, it's
my favorite.

[Adrian Ducet]

Try with mined. Is like edit from DOS.

for me is better than vi.

I hope this help you.
regards.Adrian