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

[Anton Shterenlikht]

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 <mexas at bristol.ac.uk>
> > To: freebsd-questions at 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


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