Objectives
In this chapter you will learn
Why text editors are needed
About several text editors, some intended for use in a terminal session, and others for the GUI desktop
How to use the Vim text editor
Why you should use the text editor of your choice
Why we need text editors
Before there were word processing programs, there were text editors. The initial use for early text editors was for the creation and maintenance of text files such as shell scripts, programs written in C and other programming languages, and system configuration files.
Soon after, document preparation software such as LaTeX ...
