Editors are like religions, so at the risk of starting a holy war...
Vi and clones
vim
You might prefer to install vim-full as your vi-clone, which has extended features. You can have more information about vim here
gvim
You can use a ?GUI version of vim, like vim-gnome, vim-gtk, vim-lesstif.
Emacs
Emacs. Some people think it is a mutated and bloated Lisp system trying to disguise itself as a text editor. However, today it is fast enough and once some commands have been learned it is quite powerful. Furthermore, there are auto-indent and syntax highlighting options for many file formats such as programming languages or ?LaTeX, and config files such as ~/.muttrc and ~/.procmailrc. If you know Lisp, you can customize Emacs to any extent you like.
Wish list
For those who find vi cryptic and emacs ugly or confusing, there are a variety of alternatives. "jed" (or "xjed") is a full-featured emacs-like editor with colour support menus, etc.
gnotepad (command gnp).
gedit
mcedit
nano
ed
SciTE
kate
kwrite
Nano
- Nano is an easy to learn and use text file editor.
- install:
aptitude install nano
- Practice using nano before you really need it.
you need command line interface [also called CLI ] to use nano. see CommandLineInterface
- to start nano enter: nano
- at bottom of screen are some common commands. '^' means press the control key.
- so ^W is the command to search. press control + W ....
- ^O to save the file
- ^X to exit
- ^G for help
- at bottom of screen are some common commands. '^' means press the control key.