favourite linux commands/ programs

[Semme]

Probably fdisk. I haven't, nor will I ever again trust gparted with *any* future partitioning tasks..

[jpeps]

Probably fdisk. I haven't, nor will I ever again trust gparted with *any* future partitioning tasks..

I've used gparted for years without any problems. For major jobs, I run it from disk.

[RetroTechGuy]

Screen, Vim, Centerim, htop, ifnet, rtorrent, dict...

I don't use Vim, instead I installed mg (Micro Gnu Emacs) - pulled it from Debian (simultaneously smaller, and vastly more powerful than "pico")

[01micko]

I run it from disk.

Bingo!

[tallboy]

instead I installed mg (Micro Gnu Emacs)

I have used Zile, another similar mini emacs-type editor, have you tried that one, and if so, how do they compare?

In general, I find that the old original commands in a terminal window are underrated, we tend to be blinded by bling-bling on the desktop and fancy mice...

tallboy

[RetroTechGuy]

instead I installed mg (Micro Gnu Emacs)

I have used Zile, another similar mini emacs-type editor, have you tried that one, and if so, how do they compare?

In general, I find that the old original commands in a terminal window are underrated, we tend to be blinded by bling-bling on the desktop and fancy mice...

tallboy

Haven't used Zile. Is it a GUI, or command line editor?

"mg" is a command line editor. It has an emacs feel, and is "programmable" (at least I have a key bound to "learn and repeat" -- which lets me build one-off scripts, for a specified set of files, etc).

"mg" Debian files, and startup defs:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 020#462020

And Microemacs is also out there:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63623

[GustavoYz]

instead I installed mg (Micro Gnu Emacs)

I have used Zile, another similar mini emacs-type editor, have you tried that one, and if so, how do they compare?

In general, I find that the old original commands in a terminal window are underrated, we tend to be blinded by bling-bling on the desktop and fancy mice...

tallboy

Haven't used Zile. Is it a GUI, or command line editor?

"mg" is a command line editor. It has an emacs feel, and is "programmable" (at least I have a key bound to "learn and repeat" -- which lets me build one-off scripts, for a specified set of files, etc).

"mg" Debian files, and startup defs:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 020#462020

And Microemacs is also out there:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63623

Have u seen this one?

[tallboy]

"mg" is a command line editor. It has an emacs feel, and is "programmable" (at least I have a key bound to "learn and repeat" -- which lets me build one-off scripts, for a specified set of files, etc).

Thank you for the information, I'll certainly look into that.
Apart from Zile, which is a recent attachment, I have used the mini editor Nano, an improvement of Pico. Both work very similar to the text-based email programme Pine (or Alpine) that I use. None of them are very user friendly. I have found most builtin commandline editors too limited.

GustavoYz, yes I tried Joe some years ago, I had all kind of editors in my Debian-box to see which ones I liked. I cannot remember why I didn't like Joe (or most of the others), I ended up using Big Mama Emacs anyway; with a full installation of LaTex, all available font packages, most available programming langauge packages, and just about every add-on to the Emacs that exists, I ended up with 2.3 GB Emacs-related stuff. I still try to find out what all the packages actually do...

tallboy