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== Motivation ==
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In order to be able to do everything on the command line you also need to learn a text editor. Most programs have their configuration in text files and you need to learn to use a text editor. If you have not done so you should learn '''vi'''. vi (or the improved version: vim) is a good text editor that is installed per default on all unix systems. It is a bit more complicated then other editors because it has 3 modes of input.
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Here is a list of text editors and their relative advantages and disadvantages
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{| class="wikitable"
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!editor
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!advantages/disadvantages
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|vi or vim
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|available on every system, powerful but harder to learn
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|emacs
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|powerful but also complicated, same keyboard shortcuts as bash
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|joe
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|joes own edito - simple, syntax coloring, wordstar like keyboard shortcuts
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Revision as of 10:13, 22 March 2020


Motivation

In order to be able to do everything on the command line you also need to learn a text editor. Most programs have their configuration in text files and you need to learn to use a text editor. If you have not done so you should learn vi. vi (or the improved version: vim) is a good text editor that is installed per default on all unix systems. It is a bit more complicated then other editors because it has 3 modes of input.

Here is a list of text editors and their relative advantages and disadvantages

editor advantages/disadvantages
vi or vim available on every system, powerful but harder to learn
emacs powerful but also complicated, same keyboard shortcuts as bash
joe joes own edito - simple, syntax coloring, wordstar like keyboard shortcuts
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