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Ohto Nordberg
Asked: 2016-11-25 00:04:57 +0800 CST

Console text editor with "Windows-like" shortcuts (CTRL+A, -C, -X, -V, Shift+End, Shift+Up ...)

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I have used Windows for ~30 years and I remember its shortcuts well. I have used Ubuntu for about 5 years and never remember its shortcuts. I do not use text editors all the time, so most likely I will not remember the shortcuts of say Vi or Nano. I am a teacher and use lots of different consoles in different computers, so one configuration of say Emacs will not do it. I have this problem few times a month and have had it for about the 5 years I've used Ubuntu and not yet found a suitable program. Most usual use cases are commanding a server via ssh or solving a problem with a crashed GUI.

So is there a console text editor for Ubuntu with "Windows-like" shortcut keys:

  • CTRL+A select all
  • CTRL+C copy,
  • CTRL+X cut,
  • CTRL+V paste,
  • CTRL+Z undo,
  • END go to end of line,
  • HOME go to beginning of line,
  • CTRL+HOME go to beginning of file,
  • CTRL+END go to END of file,
  • CTRL+RIGHT skip word,
  • Selecting text with SHIFT and moving cursor
  • CTRL+S save file

Most of these also work here in this platform independent StackExchange question editor, so this is not a "Windows only thing" actually.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    FTE Text Editor is a good choice for windows like shortcut like shift + down key for text selection, Ctrl+z for undo, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.

    Installs with sudo apt install fte and runs with fte

    It looks like this:

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  2. Fiflo seems fine. It doesn't have all of above shortcuts but some of them.

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