Missing Linux apps on Windows

[anthony baldwin]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> On Tuesday 12 May 2009 14:35:31 Derek Broughton wrote:
>>   
>>> I certainly hope not!  No system of mine has ever had a full implementation
>>> of vi.  Ubuntu installs vim-tiny, and _that's_ too much.
>>>     
>> And here was I labouring under the delusion that *every* Unix-like system had 
>> it.  That was the argument by which I was pressurised to learn it.  (Not that 
>> I did.  I can cope with vim if I have to, but would need a crib to use vi.)
>>
>> But I don't like it either, Derek.  (Isn't that heresy? ;-)  )
>>
>> Lisi
>>
>>   
>     Those who are real old liked "joe" because it was and still is a 
> Word Star editor, that can be used when you need a Pure ascii file. I 
> still like joe because I know how to use it. I learned VI in the very 
> early days, but was happy to forget it when joe came out.
> 
>     The new guys, and I, like Gedit too. You can start Gedit from the 
> command line as root with a sudo and it can do anything VI ever did.
> 
> 
> Karl
> 
> 

I like Medit better than Gedit.
Kate is good, Kwrite can be useful, as can leafpad.
Jedit is pretty awesome if you want all the nifty features and/or 
plugins that can be added.
Joe was good, too.  so was Pico.
Gosh...there are millions of decent text editors.

All the same, I typically use Tickle Text for 99% coding, web page 
creation, etc.
Or if I just want to quick and dirty check some text file or make a 
minor change to a line in a script on the fly, I use nano.

I have never successfully used Vi or Vim, and I'm not interested in 
learning it.
Emacs, well...I suppose it's useful enough, but bloated and much of it 
makes little sense to me.

/tony

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