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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.

Ohto Nordberg
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    May I ask why are you seeking console text editor with Windows graphical editors' shortcut? Those shortcuts even don't work in Windows cmd . – Anwar Nov 24 '16 at 08:33
  • Commanding a server or solving a problem with a crashed GUI. – Ohto Nordberg Nov 24 '16 at 08:44
  • So, it is wrong to praise MS for providing easy shortcuts while actually they didn't, for command line editors. In fact, MS even doesn't have a good command line editor like vim and emacs in Unix world. – Anwar Nov 24 '16 at 10:02
  • Where do I praise MS? – Ohto Nordberg Nov 24 '16 at 18:37

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

Aldona Bold
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