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§ 7.B: Other Editors

If you have access to a terminal or console running the X Window System ("X" for short), we recommend you start with the nedit or xemacs editors. Both are mouse driven and real friendly.

If your terminal is not running X, we recommend you start with pico. It's just like the pine mailer, with a simple command menu at the bottom of the screen. After vi, these other editors may not seem challenging enough!

Because xemacs and nedit are window- and mouse-based, they will not run on Webterm (which is text based). So if you do not have the X Window System handy, too bad! When you try them, you should look at the menu bar at the top of the screen to see what you can do just by pointing and clicking your mouse.

The xemacs and nedit editors are self-documenting. So, if you do run into problems, click on the help icon in the upper right hand corner; or ask the person next to you.

The emacs editor is a popular editor which works well with or without a mouse (and is thus good for networked computing). It is an extremely powerful editor, but some people find it hard to learn. We discuss it a little later.

Now let's go to the Editors Review Quiz, where you can get started on making your own home page.

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