Re: [MLUG] nano editor?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Neil Bradshaw wrote:

> I don't like pico/nano because it formats weird. It returns lines
> funny and causes breaks where I don't want them, which can be a real
> pain when I'm doing things like scripting in which lines can't afford
> to break in improper places.

Absolutely, but I launch pico with these options:

pico -bdegjmwz -r74

That way I turn off line wrapping (-w) and get a few other nice features
turned on.  I don't understand their defaults!


> Once I got used to vi, it was like getting use to Linux. It made sense
> and I understood why it worked the way it does.

It's great that you know vi -- it's on every unix system, so it comes in
*really* handy sometimes when you know it.

Mike

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