editing scripts on a mac

[Tommy Grav]

> him> I do not have a text editor, but here are the answers to
> him> questions 1-5.
>
> Now, frankly, I don't think this answer is correct, since I know OS  
> X is
> a UNIX derivative, but I am loathe to involve a programming noob  
> with vi
> or something similar. So I wondered if one of the c.l.py mac users  
> could
> give brief instructions for firing up a visual text editor of some  
> sort
> and saving a file somewhere it can easily be accessed from a terminal
> window (which I presume starts up in his home directory).

I think emacs is bundled with OS X and can be started in a terminal
window with emacs. If you want a non-terminal editor Aquaemacs
(http://aquamacs.org/) is available and easily installed on mac.

Cheers
     Tommy