You can open
and edit multiple files at once and provide different environments for each one.
Like emacs, it can read email and news, too. Help is extensive and can put a
command template right on your screen so that you don??™t have to think about how
to save a file (Ctrl+K, and then D, if you must know).
. JEdit??”This is a Java-based graphical editor that many folks swear by. Although
powerful by itself, it also has a plug-in architecture that can bulk it up even more.
The nice thing is that it is incredibly easy to add and update any plug-in you have
with the built-in plug-in manager. The commands are relatively easy to learn, and
the user??™s guide is helpful.
. The Hessling Editor (the)??”This is a specialized editor for people used to working in
VMS/CMS and another example of how niches get served in an open-source environment.
There may not be millions of VMS veterans with wallet in hand transitioning
to Linux, but it takes only one person with some programming skills to
write that editor and make it available to the rest of us.
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Why Can??™t I Edit This File? How Permissions Work
If there??™s one thing that is important to know about Linux, it is that everything on your
computer exists as a file.
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