3. MS Windows Notepad and Wordpad Imitator in Vim

Is there a MS Windows Notepad or Wordpad for Linux or Unix? Yes there is!! For those non-technical users of MS Windows who extensively use the Notepad and Wordpad, there is a command 'evim' which imitates the Notepad and Wordpad. The 'evim' is exactly like Notepad and Wordpad and has all their functionalities. You need to install the package vim-X11 package to enable evim.

bash$ evim <filename>

On Unixes like HPUX, Solaris, AIX do these:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/vim /usr/local/bin/gvim ln -s /usr/local/bin/vim /usr/local/bin/evim Create a command file 'notepad' in /usr/local/bin/notepad with these 2 lines below: #!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/evim $@

If evim is linked to vim it automatically launches evim. Or you can set up alias for evim and givm as below:

alias evim='vim -g -U /usr/local/vim/share/vim/vim61/evim.vim ' alias gvim='vim -g '

Wordpad for Unix/Linux? Look at TED, AbiWord and OpenOffice. Visit TED - A Wordpad for Linux or AbiWord - Light weight, small software or OpenOffice - Heavy weight, big software .

See also Wine project which has notepad and wordpad WINE project .