In general, Groff is useful for creating man pages for Linux. LaTeX is useful if
you need to produce mathematical documents, perhaps for publication in a technical journal.
Choosing a Text Editor
Hardcore UNIX or Linux users tend to edit files with either the vi or emacs text editor. These editors
have been around a long time and are hard to learn but efficient to use because your fingers never
leave the keyboard. The emacs editor has some GUI support, although it runs fine in a Terminal window.
There are also GUI versions of vi and emacs that add menu and mouse features to the editors.
These are GVim (gvim command in the vim-X11 package) and Xemacs (xemacs command) editors.
The following table shows some of the other, simpler text editors that can run on your graphical
desktop.
Text Editor Command Description
gedit gedit Lightweight text editor that comes with the GNOME desktop
environment. It has simple edit functions (cut, copy, paste, and
select all), and you can set indentations and word wrap. Special
functions, such as a spell-checker and a diff feature, are included.
Start by typing gedit from a Terminal window. Go to www.gnome
.org/projects/gedit/ for more information.
Advanced Editor kwrite Includes a menu bar to create, open, and save files, and simple
edit functions (cut, copy, paste, undo, and help).
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