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2.6 Resources49• fte is an editor “with many features and simple usage for X11 andconsole.”• e3 is a very tiny editor (only .07MB) that offers many different modessuch as vi, Emacs, and WordStar. The default mode is WordStar.• asedit is a simple ASCII text editor for X11/Motif. Mouse support, dialogboxes, hypertext online help, undo/redo. Named for its author, AndrzejStochniol.2.4REVIEWWe’ve given a good foundation for using vi—a set of commands that will helpyou with much of your daily editing. While not as pretty as a GUI tool, vi canbe much more productive once you get familiar with the commands. Start withsome basic commands, then refer to this chapter or another vi resource andlearn a new keystroke each week. By next year, you’ll be a master at vi—andincredibly productive at producing code.We also described several other editors available under Linux. If you knowthem already, or are wed to your mouse, then try one on for size. The choiceof an editor can be as much about personality and “fit” as it is a technicalchoice.2.5WHAT YOU STILL DON’T KNOWThere is still a lot more to learn about regular expressions. They may take a bitof practice, but it is a skill that can be used in a variety of contexts, in a varietyof languages.2.6RESOURCES• Rafeeq Rehman and Christopher Paul, The Linux <strong>Development</strong> Platform,Prentice Hall PTR, especially Chapter 2 on editors vim, Emacs, and jed.• Peter Patsis, UNIX AWK and SED Programmer’s Interactive Workbook,Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN 0130826758.