Notepad in linux
 

Does anyone out there know if there is an ascii editor that I can run at a console level (with out gui) that has commands similar to the windows NOTEPAD utility? I find some of the linux editors a lil tricky to memorize, i've been on windows too long.

pico or nano are pretty simple text editors

pico and nano eh? alritey, i'll try them, do you know if they come with most distros? or do i have to find the package somewhere? I'm gonna be installing Gentoo linux on my laptop tonight, give that a try, i hear its a lot like bsd's with more support.

nano is good but you may also want to look at jed.

You could try mc (midnight commander) to view your directories and then use F4 to edit files.

Notepad in Linux
 

Hi,

If you are used to Windows Notepad as a text editor then you can't go past Kwrite, part of the KDE collection of programs. It has syntax highlighting for almost any programming language, line numbers, etc.; you'll find it better than Notepad (well, I did!).

In console mode or in a terminal window, I use pico, really easy, intuitive etc., you'll find this included as part of the "pine" email program, which used to be included in Mandrake but ain't no more! Pity, it's a nice program...you can find pine at www.rpmfind.net.

jdw

I think so. Install "pine" package and you will get pico ;)

I see from your profile to the left that you are running Mandrake. Nano is included in the default install

Come to think of it, you must mean the EDIT program instead of NOTEPAD. jed is the one that is most like EDIT.

nah! Jed's easier!

Emacs rocks (you can surf the web with it, check your email, play games, syntax highlighting, all in a text mode if you dont have X), but the keystrokes arent Notepad-like. Still, you should know some basics about vi or Emacs, since (almost) every Linux machine has vi, and alot have Emacs.