Very small editor "window"

[Nils Kassube]

Christoph Pleger wrote:
> The editor is joe, a very small and simple editor suitable for
> beginners. It is a non-GUI editor and in my special case, is running
> on a text console (tty1).

Why don't you use the standard CLI editor "nano"? Maybe that one works 
better.

> I wonder what settings, other than environment variable TERM, affect
> number of columns and lines - I checked TERM and as usual, it is
> 'linux'. And I do not use any command to change terminal settings ...

Just guessing: $COLUMNS and $LINES.


Nils