John Griffiths said on Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 11:32:37AM +1000: > > vim also has some neat search features, syntax highlighting (if your > > prose happens to be C, Lisp, or some other code), online help, and a > > bunch of others. > > > > Thanks for that, I should clarify that the language I want to write in > is english (ok, australian english - close) and i want it to be read, > primarily, by people, not interpreters or compilers.
Honestly, I don't know that there is a good console "wordpad.exe" like editor. nano is probably the closest to what you are looking for, with emacs being a (much more complex but featureful) second. Personally, I use emacs and/or vim, and find that they handle prose well; however, there is a steep learning curve for both of them, and if you just want to jump in and go, a simpler and less powerful editor might be better. M
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