Equivalent text editor to MS-DOS Editor

While I respect the power and flexibility of emacs, vim, etc, I miss MS-DOS Editor.

It's very simple to use, has a nice color display and a menu system which, if I remember correctly, you could navigate with the arrow keys. It's very straightforward and user friendly.

Is there an equivalent in Ubuntu?

Title screen:

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Nano (Installed by default)

nano is a GPL Licensed curses-based text editor for Unix and Unix-like systems.

Nano Screenshot


MCEdit

You can try mcedit, it looks a lot like MS-DOS Edit.
I dont remember if it comes with ubuntu, probably you have to install mc install (midnight commander)

Screenshot:
mcedit


Another choice, available in the repos, powerful and more close to Borland's compilers editor, is the editor fte.

Available in the following versions:

  • xwindows, command xfte, package fte-xwindow;
  • terminal, command sfte, package fte-terminal;
  • console, command vfte, package fte-console.

A screenshot:

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sudo apt-get install fp-ide    

and run:

fp file.txt

100% like "edit" in MsDos. It is IDE fo freepascal but it can edit text files.

  • multiple windows
  • save last session
  • gcalctour
  • ascii table
  • grep
  • undo redo
  • find and replace
  • Console Mouse Support (install gpm) ...and more

Is part in free pascal ..it can be run without download full free pascal

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