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Editors

CS155 Editors

Text Editors

• A text editor allows you to modify the contents of a file in a convenient way.
• For Windows users, think notepad, not Microsoft Word.
• There are many editors. We will cover three: gedit, pico, and vim.

gedit

• gedit is like notepad in windows.
• It’s not that powerful, but it’s easy to use.
• It has a menu bar at the top.
• It requires a graphics connection.

Enough about gedit.

pico

• A simple text editor that provides basic editing functions
• Most commands are performed by pressing Ctrl and some other key.
• Ctrl (pronounced “control”) is a modifier, just like the shift key.
• The symbol ^ in front of a character means hold down Ctrl while pressing that character.

pico: Some Commands