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ftornell

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Registered: 2008-08-18

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openbox editor

Hi,
Have installed openbox and it works great.
Now if I wanna copy lets say conyrc text from the web i need to copy that and paste it into the file.
I only have editors like nano, mc...

what else editors that works in openbox can I install to be able to copy and paste from the web to a file using nautilus?

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Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: openbox editor

Try shift+insert in nano.

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oew

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From: Norway

Registered: 2006-11-08

Posts: 103

Re: openbox editor

If you'ra looking for an editor with a gui, i recommend Leafpad.
It's lightweight and has no dependencies.

oew

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zyghom

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From: Poland/Tanzania

Registered: 2006-05-11

Posts: 429

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Re: openbox editor

geany

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moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,675

Re: openbox editor

Geany

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Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

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Re: openbox editor

try select+middle click to paste.

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Inxsible

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From: Chicago burbs

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,020

Re: openbox editor

+ 1 to Leafpad

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mauud777

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Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 17

Re: openbox editor

gedit will be greet with opebox

whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Re: openbox editor

GVim

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Sp4rkR4t

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From: Southampton

Registered: 2008-05-06

Posts: 110

Re: openbox editor

Leafpad, it's just so tiny.

Fatsobob

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From: Colorado

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 126

Re: openbox editor

+1 for Geany.
It has all of the features that you will need from any text editor and more.

If you want a challenge, GVIM(instead of regular vim in this case) will give you the ability to use the mouse and save you a little time over the standard console version.

Last edited by Fatsobob (2008-08-20 20:05:58)

chilebiker

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From: Zurich, Switzerland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 161

Re: openbox editor

I'm moving to Openbox as well. Now I'm looking for a (lightweight) text editor with block mode support. Any ideas?

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skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,880

Re: openbox editor

Scite. It makes me happy.

chilebiker

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From: Zurich, Switzerland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 161

Re: openbox editor

Thanks skottish, scite seems to be a very nice editor!

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dav7

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-08

Posts: 674

Re: openbox editor

Nooo... NEdit!!!1

(Recent convert here, might go back to Geany, but I *love* Motif so much )

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skottish

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Re: openbox editor

Thanks skottish, scite seems to be a very nice editor!

You're welcome.

One of the things that may not be noticeable at first is that it's incredibly configurable. If you look under Options-->Open Global Options File, all of that changes the editor. If you're running as a regular user, you can copy all of it and paste it into the User Options File. From there you can easily edit whatever you want. There are a couple of options that I know of that don't work for some reason as a regular user. For instance, the window setting have to be edited by root:

position.left and position.top: comment these out if you want the WM to control positioning.

position.width and position.height: The default size of the window.

Finding information on anything for this editor is simple. Everything is documented on-line.

Last edited by skottish (2008-09-26 05:21:07)