Text Editors

Problem:

How do I edit text files on a UNIX machine?

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Solution:

pico

Pico is a simple, display-oriented text editor based on the Pine message system composer. As with Pine, commands are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive help is provided. As characters are typed they are immediately inserted into the text.

vi

vi (pronounced v-i, as two separate letters) is a display-oriented text editor based on an underlying line editor ex. For first time or casual Unix users, vi is not recommended to use. It is very powerful for search/replace type functions, and is recommend for advanced Unix users.

The ISyE version is actually vim, and can be configured with a .vimrc file in your home directory.

emacs

emacs is another text editor for advanced Unix users. There is also a GUI version, called xemacs.