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Message   Gamgee    Andrew Leary   Re: Weird   January 26, 2026
 3:02 PM *  

-=> Andrew Leary wrote to Gamgee <=-

 AL> 22 Jan 26 16:22, you wrote to digimaus:

 di>> nano and joe are also favorites.  MBSE uses joe as its external
 di>> message editor (in a modified form).

 Ga> Cool.  I know some folks prefer joe, but it was never one of my
 Ga> favorites.

 AL> joe has the option to not write to x number of lines at the top of the
 AL> screen, which allows MBSE to display the message header for the message
 AL> you're writing with the editor below it.

I can see that being useful.

 AL> I installed joe when I first switched to MBSE, and usually use it for
 AL> most things.  I do have nano installed as well, and usually manage to
 AL> muddle through when editing system files that require using vi(m).

Just installed joe to (re)-check it out, and it's better than I 
remembered.  I had forgotten that it uses "Wordstar" command keys, which 
once-upon-a-few-decades-ago I used to know well.  :-)

Thanks for the info, and the trip down memory lane.  Pretty sure I'm 
gonna stick with nano for most general-purpose editing, but nice to have 
choices.



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