Editors Editors Helix Systems Information Sheet How to create and modify text files.
Editors are programs that are used to create and modify text files.
They are similar in principle to word processors, but since they are generally not used to produce formatted documents they don't have features like bolding and underlining. However, they may have other features like integrated compiling which are of use on a Unix platform. There are several editors available on the Helix Systems. The simplest is pico , a user-friendly screen editor similar to that used in the pine mail reader. Another common editor is emacs , which has many features and can be used as an X client or in the terminal window.