[OpenIndiana-discuss] Graphical Desktop environment on server

[Gary Gendel]

If you like emacs but want a lightweight alternative, try jed (non-gui) 
and xjed (gui).  I've been using it since the early 80's and never 
looked back.  If you like that, you should give "most" a try, it is a 
great pager-replacement for "more" or "less".

http://www.jedsoft.org/

Since the slang library seems to be in OI packages compiling and 
installing these are simple.

Gary

On 01/02/2015 02:33 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <rlhamil at smart.net>
> wrote:
>
>> PS yes, vi is a PITA to learn, (I had to learn vi decades ago having
>> previously used early incarnations of the much friendlier Rand Editor), but
>> as a general purpose editor, once you _have_ learned it, you can work
>> faster with it than with most others.
>>
> vi's biggest stumbling block is that it's modal, which isn't true of any
> other editor commonly in use today.  vim at least improves on this a little
> by letting you move the cursor and delete text without switching out of
> input mode; without that editing becomes very slow and tedious, because
> you're constantly switching modes back and forth.
>
> Personally, I like to install a more friendly text editor on my systems.
> I've warmed up to emacs after disliking it for a long time, and often use
> it, but it's pretty heavyweight.  If I can't justify all the dependencies I
> usually go with joe.  I'm not a fan of nano because it lacks a 'jump to the
> bottom of the file' command.
>
> Of course, it's still necessary to learn vi, because it somehow became the
> only editor you'll always find, even on emergency recovery disks.
>