>> Yes, it does seem that just about every Linux install known includes 
>> Emacs by default. (Although not so many include SSH by default.)
>>
>> One of the things I always liked about YaST is that it works in 
>> console mode as well as on X Windows.
> 
> That's actually still only true for vi (not even vim).  Ubuntu doesn't 
> come default with Emacs installed and I guess neither do other 
> user-geared distros.

Well, I do remember on more than one occasion being stuck with a 
console-only system, and being unable to find any editor other than 
Emacs [which I can't work].

Maybe it would be worth learning the default controls for Emacs for that 
reason alone...

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