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Master Emacs text editing in Linux Written by Bruce Stewart, Contributor Feb. 9, 2001 at 1:15 a.m. PT Cruise along the learning curve for Emacs text editing with these basic commands.

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If nano is your Linux editor of choice, and you want to make it a bit more flexible, Jack Wallen is ready to help you with the built-in Execute tool.