I can't remember where I heard about joe, but I knew that I
wanted the package when I did my 1st install of Debian. It
apparently is based upon/inspired by the old DOS word processor
called Wordstar (which I have used at least once in the distant
past). Joe was touted as a simple editor for the rest of
us—those who aren't geeks by nature.
Let me explain why. First, if you haven't already installed
joe, hook up to the 'Net (or get your Debian CD's out), become
root, and type
then, after installation has finished, fire it up with a simple
or
or
at the command line.
 | If you are still root at this point, be careful!
Know what you are changing, because you are god of the system as
root! |
You'll see a blank page created (or the contents of the
existing file, if that's how you invoked joe) with a single line
at the top giving you some information.