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'''What applications can I use to edit any text file?'''
'''What applications can I use to edit any text file?'''
*vi - comes with the Zaurus
*vi - comes with the Zaurus
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:''(In the Sharp ROM, vi is implemented by busybox. The version that's bundled with ROM 1.31 JP is buggy: segmentation fault on regular expression operations.)
*[http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=388 VIM] - Vi IMproved
*[http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=388 VIM] - Vi IMproved
*[http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=988 Pico] - A more user-friendly editor
*[http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=988 Pico] - A more user-friendly editor

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*[http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/sharprom/latest/ TinyKate] - Nice free, graphical editor with syntax highlighting
*[http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/sharprom/latest/ TinyKate] - Nice free, graphical editor with syntax highlighting
*[http://www.thekompany.com/embedded/tkceditor tkcEditor] - Nice commercial, graphical editor with syntax highlighting
*[http://www.thekompany.com/embedded/tkceditor tkcEditor] - Nice commercial, graphical editor with syntax highlighting
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*[http://satoshi.web5.jp/f_soft/dw_engzd.htm ZEditor] - GUI text editor released under GPL. "the best free editor!!!" says a ZSI commentator comparing it with tkcEditor. I agree with the assessment, but wouldn't quite put it in the class of "programmer's editor".
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*[http://satoshi.web5.jp/f_soft/dw_zedit.htm ZEditor (Japanese)]
'''What applications can I use to view PDF files?'''
'''What applications can I use to view PDF files?'''

Revision as of 08:11, 9 October 2007

Below is a list of excellent applications grouped by specific tasks (as opposed to general categories on the ZSI). Disclaimer: These are not necessarily personal recommendations.

What applications can I use to edit any text file?

  • vi - comes with the Zaurus
(In the Sharp ROM, vi is implemented by busybox. The version that's bundled with ROM 1.31 JP is buggy: segmentation fault on regular expression operations.)
  • VIM - Vi IMproved
  • Pico - A more user-friendly editor
  • Nano - Similar to Pico, but a little better/complex
  • TinyKate - Nice free, graphical editor with syntax highlighting
  • tkcEditor - Nice commercial, graphical editor with syntax highlighting
  • ZEditor - GUI text editor released under GPL. "the best free editor!!!" says a ZSI commentator comparing it with tkcEditor. I agree with the assessment, but wouldn't quite put it in the class of "programmer's editor".
  • ZEditor (Japanese)

What applications can I use to view PDF files?

  • Opera - comes with the Zaurus
  • QPDF2 - much better than QPDF and Opera
  • QPDF - the original port of xpdf

What applications can I use to store passwords and other secrets securely?

What applications can I use to take notes?

What applications can I use to store a set of custom data?

What applications can I use to view photos/images?

What applications can I use to edit photos/images?

What applications can I use to read eBooks?

What applications can I use to track time or expenses?

What applications can I use to manage projects/tasks?

What applications can I use to store/lookup travel plans or timetables?

What applications can I use for a dictionary?

What applications can I use to VNC to another computer?

What applications can I user for Instant Messaging?

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