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Date:      Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:27:35 -0700
From:      Joshua Oreman <oremanj@get-linux.org>
To:        Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Suggestions to a command line editor
Message-ID:  <20030903152735.GC29257@webserver>
In-Reply-To: <3F55FFC7.6010306@trini0.org>
References:  <3F55FFC7.6010306@trini0.org>

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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:50:47AM -0400 or thereabouts, Gerard Samuel wrote:
> Well I've been using FreeBSD for the past maybe 4 years now.
> I've been using "ee" (don't laugh) to do all my editing on the command line.
> Im looking to grow out of "ee" into something else.
> Naturally, something that can open/edit files.
> And if possible, I've heard of editors with color syntax highlighting, 
> search/replace,
> and other voodoo, that "ee" isn't capable of.
> In general, I edit FreeBSD system files, php/html and related files.
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome, while I look through the ports to see if 
> anything jumps out at me...
> Thanks for any tips you may provide...

I like emacs (actually xemacs) though I'm sure others think differently.
Vim is good too.

-- Josh

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