On Nov 12, 2012 11:49 PM, "James Freer" <<a href="mailto:jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com">jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > Who know's the editors! > > Is there an editor apart from Emacs and Vim that does 'softwrap' or > 'linebreak' (as vim calls it). I want to use a console editor for > editing text words (as opposed to programmer's code). Despite hundreds > available it seems that emacs and vim are the only two that offer > this. > > My preference would be for wordstar bindings (yes i'm that old!) Joe > does all i want other than coping with long lines. Point is i want to > save in long line form but view and edit in wrapped form - just like > one does in gedit or leafpad. Using nano/pico ^W^J justifies the > entire file and saves it in that form... like Joe - which isn't what i > want. > > I don't really want to have to learn either vim or emacs as they are > too complex for my more basic uses but it seems i don't have much > choice. > > So who's experimented and can advise on the many editors available. If you don't want to learn vim, but still want to use its powers, try cream -- it's vim with dumbed down key bindings.