Re: Simple editor that supports line wrapping
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Jon Nathan
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* Andre Majorel <amajorel@xxxxxxxxx> [07-28-2004 19:25]:
>
> [Sending this for the third time since the first two attemps
> apparently didn't make it through.]
>
> I'm looking into installing Mutt on my mom's machine. Saying that
> my dear mother is not a technical person would be putting it
> mildly. Having her use Mutt is crazy enough in itself ; I'd rather
> keep the editor side of things as simple as possible. This means
> that vi is out, and emacs probably is as well.
>
> I'm looking for a simple editor suitable for editing mail in Mutt,
> more or less Notepad-in-an-xterm. Desirable features :
>
> - run in an xterm,
>
> - support ISO-8859-1,
>
> - be modeless,
>
> - not let the user accidentally get into a mode that a retard
> wouldn't know how to get out of (think hitting ^Z or Q in vi),
>
> - wrap lines automatically to a specified width,
>
> - support the sort of bindings a Windows user might expect (arrow
> keys, [home], [end], [shift][ins] to paste, selection by [shift]
> + movement).
>
> Undesirable features :
>
> - macros, regexps, and generally anything beyond the scope of
> Notepad. If she ever needs doing something complicated, I'll
> make her start vi and hand-hold her through the process.
>
> Neither nano nor joe seem to fit the bill. Any other ideas ?
>
> --
> André Majorel <amajorel@xxxxxxxxx>
> http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/