On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 > > From: Anton Shterenlikht <me...@bristol.ac.uk> > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U > > > > My daughter is doing a touch typing course > > that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine > > with pico, but now they want the kids to > > practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), > > CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use > > these particular combinations because that > > is how the on-line assessment tool is set out. > > > > I use nothing but vi, so have no clue which, > > if any, editor from ports/editors will have > > these particular combinations implemented. > > > > Please recommend one, preferably as simple > > and as small as possible. > > Sorry *NO* 'text editor' has those capabilities, let alone has > them on those key sequences. > > Those are 'word processor' functions. word processor' software > is required.
I know, I know.. I don't know why in a touchtyping course you need to teach kids this, but.. Anyway, abiword seems to do what I need. Let me know if there's anything lighter. Many thanks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
