editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

[Mike Jeays]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100
Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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> Anton Shterenlikht
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Abiword will do this. It is a good bit bigger than vi, but if your daughter is being schooled in MS WORD, it is a good substitute.