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hi guys
i've checked the osfaq and the article on editors is absent.
So this thread might even aid the article ;p

I need a standard editor, one of those that are always included in a distribution for console under linux. I intend to use it for general programming. I've heard some names, pico,nano,vim,emacs, are they cool? Are there some neat tricks at using them?
Cheers

GNU nano is alright...It's a clone of pico (Which was a text editor that was included with a program named pine..)

if you want to have a powerful editor, vi/vim is usually recommended, But it's not exactly easy to learn for a novice.

If you install X, I'd recommended SciTE (It includes code colouring for various languages etc..)

I think I'll take a glance at them. Do they offer syntax highlighting or autoindentation?

nano, vi, and SciTE all have both syntax highlighting and autoindentation. Though it may be disabled by default.

Here is a few screenshots on how SciTE's syntax colouring is:

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Here is one of my older p2 desktops, With SciTE open on a silly program I wrote.

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As you can see, It has syntax colouring for various languages..

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It also has other various GUI views etc..

I know, You wanted a console editor.. sorry

Here is what nano looks like with colour:
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Sorry for the naming bit, accidentally named the file SciTE lol..

There are a few more steps with nano though, You need to configure it with --enable-color and add templates for various languages into your .nanorc file.

http://wiki.linuxhelp.net/index.php/Nan ... ghlighting

The above has some templates

@Brynet: This is completely OT.
How does nano appear so transparent is that something done by Linux or by Nano itself?

What is OT?

I'm not using Linux.. I'm using OpenBSD.

The transparent effect is done by the terminal application aterm..

Sadly it's only pseudo transparency...

Brynet-Inc wrote:What is OT?

I'm not using Linux.. I'm using OpenBSD.

The transparent effect is done by the terminal application aterm..

Sadly it's only pseudo transparency...

OT - Off Topic, i would assume

Had to show off full transparency:


And yes, the little smiley under the window is still animated!!! It's really too bad that XGL is too unstable and distracting for my everyday use.

EDIT: This screenshot is using XGL, Beryl (http://www.beryl-project.org/), and gnome-terminal

how is that transparent?

I like ed when being forced to edit things at the terminal...
Otherwise, if one has GTK, I use gedit.

Alboin wrote:I like ed when being forced to edit things at the terminal...
Otherwise, if one has GTK, I use gedit.

Hmm... if somebody were to write a GED (GTK-ed), I wonder if anybody would use it.

I use ubuntu so as far as editors go I usually use some sort of lightweight IDE like geany. But I also really like gedit and gvim. I have two screenshots:

gvim: http://www.dximages.uni.cc/files/1/scre ... x/gvim.png

geany: http://www.dximages.uni.cc/files/1/scre ... /geany.png

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Forgot to mention that gvim is a GTK+ interface for vim.