Torres (MSOE's DEC Alpha Unix System) Editors

pico	This is the easiest editor to use by Telnet and with VT-100 terminal software. Pico does not seem to provide any way to "search and replace" text. I have created a help page for pico. To run pico, start an interactive terminal session (VT-100/ANSI or X Windows) and enter pico [filename] at the command prompt.
nedit	This is the best editor to use if have a high speed connection and are using X terminal software. You can use it on the MSOE PC network with eXcursions, but see the note below. To use nedit, start an X Windows terminal session and enter nedit& at the command prompt. The & causes Unix to run the nedit in the background so you can continue to issue commands at the prompt. This allows you to compile programs without leaving the edit. But remember to save any changes you make to your program before compiling.
edt	This editor started on the old VMS operating system. It works well via telnet and with VT-100 terminal software. Some people like it. I don't. To run edt, start an interactive terminal session (VT-100/ANSI or X Windows) and enter edt [filename] or edit [filename] at the command prompt. As of 9/22/97 this editor was not working on Torres.
emacs	This is a popular editor that includes language sensitive features and permits multiple windows to be open on the screen simultaneously. It works well via telnet and with VT-100 terminal software. The emacs editor includes an online tutorial that can be acessed by starting emacs and then pressing ^H, t (C-h t in the traditional emacs notation). Note the Meta key in the emacs documentation is usually the Esc (escape) key on your PC keyboard. For example, to generate the Meta x command (written M-x) press and release the Esc key and then press and release the x key. To learn more about emacs, find a Unix book that describes it. To run emacs, start an interactive terminal session (VT-100/ANSI or X Windows) and enter emacs [filename] at the command prompt.
vi	This is a popular Unix editor, but I don't recommend it. It works well via telnet and with VT-100 terminal software. To run vi, start an interactive terminal session (VT-100/ANSI or X Windows) and enter vi [filename] at the command prompt.

For example, to edit the file program.1.f90 using the pico editor enter: pico program.1.f90

I tested the VT-100/ANSI editors from home using Windows 95 Telnet on 9/9/97 and found them to be working reasonably well.

I tested nedit in CC-61 using eXcursions on 9/10/97 and found it to be working. However, I know of cases in which eXcursions consistantly drops the the first or last letters of every line of text displayed.

An alternative to using any of these Unix editors is to create your programs (or web pages) using Notepad or some other Windows editor and FTP them to Torres. On Windows 3.11 systems on the MSOE PC Network, the Notepad program icon is in the Accessories program group.