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editing with NEdit

As can be seen in Figure 1., NEdit is a rather spartan looking editor. Reality is different however, since NEdit offers all functionality that can be expected from an editor. Still, NEdit is a compact editor, with a footprint under Linux of roughly 3300KB (and about 500KB less when NEdit is dynamically linked to Motif), despite the graphical interface. This is because NEdit is faithful to the UNIX design philosophy: `do one thing, and do it right'. NEdit is an editor, and accordingly doesn't provide any functionality that isn't related to editing. For other functionality applications exist, and it suffices to be able to co-operate with these.

Figure 1. NEdit's basic screen.

Entirely by design, editing with NEdit is exactly that, editing. Open up a window, and start typing. Navigating and selecting text is done with cursor keys and keys like `Home', `End', `Pageup', and `PageDown'. It is also possible to use the mouse to move the cursor or to select text. To start using NEdit, no cheat sheet is required to get access to even the most elementary functionality. Similarly, files can be opened from a standard file dialog, but also from the command prompt. In short, working with NEdit is a no brainer, as working with an editor should be.

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