Re: Simple editor that supports line wrapping
Am 2004-07-29 01:25:15, schrieb Andre Majorel:
> I'm looking for a simple editor suitable for editing mail in Mutt,
> more or less Notepad-in-an-xterm. Desirable features :
Midnight Commander => mcedit
> - run in an xterm,
No problem
> - support ISO-8859-1,
Best support
> - 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),
No problem with "mcedit"
> - wrap lines automatically to a specified width,
Can be set.
> - support the sort of bindings a Windows user might expect (arrow
> keys, [home], [end], [shift][ins] to paste, selection by [shift]
> + movement).
This works out of the box.
> 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.
OK, I can call Macros/Scripts, but only via a menu.
> Neither nano nor joe seem to fit the bill. Any other ideas ?
see above
Greetings
Michelle
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