On 07/05/2012 05:00 PM, Peter Johansson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 8:19 PM, John Ferrell wr= ote: >=20 >> I recently discovered a program (Notepad++) that has an assortment of >> features that allow the use of customizable controls. Not quite as >> convenient as Wordstar, but it does minimize the mouse-work. As I age, >> my control with the mouse suffers but the keyboard seems to be fine. I >> really do need to be able to cut & paste from the keyboard with >> characters, words,lines and paragraphs. >> >> The trend seems to be to eliminate the command line, but for me I work >> better if I don't need the mouse. >=20 > Happy Emacs user of 25+ years here. ;-) 33 Here! >From a Mt Xinu Calendar: To exit Emacs use save-buffers-kill-terminal to save and exit. Emacs uses a 2 key sequence (^X^C) to make it easier to type. I'm not sure of many editors that are much more flexible. It is one of the difficulties of using Eclipse is that it lacks so many features of Emacs. Besides, after 33 years of using it, my fingers know what to do. ;-) --=20 Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .