Re: Simple text screen editor

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

John Gould wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>                I need to give a couple of users a simple editor that works
> within a virtual terminal (not X). These people are not really computer
> literate and would have trouble with vi or vim. They would be following
> written instructions to edit a couple of config files. Has anyone any
> suggestions as to a simple editor I could install such that they can
> carry out this task. Ease of use is much more important
> than editing power, hence the requirement to not use vi or vim.
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Best regards John
>

ae is not bad, but so far the most intuitive editor I've found is mcedit, part of the
midnight command package ("apt-get install mc" I believe).