an excellent choice for new users interested in a general-purpose or
programming editor.

Using ae

You can start ae by giving it the name of a file to edit, like so:

$ ae filename.txt
This will bring up an editor screen. The top part of this screen provides
some quick help; the bottom shows the file you're editing. Moving around
in this editor is simple; just use the arrow keys. You can save the file
by pressing C-x C-s and then exit the editor by pressing C-x C-c. Once you
feel comfortable with the editor, you can press C-x C-h to turn off the
help. That's it! Knowing this will let you do basic editing. For
programming or more detailed editing work, you'll want to investigate
other editors as discussed earlier.

The X Window System

This chapter describes the X Window system graphical user interface. It
assumes that you have already successfully configured X as described in
the Installation Manual (again, the install manual is not yet written; for
now you will need to use the XFree86 HOWTO, the contents of /usr/doc/X11,
and this chapter). Once you install X, you can enter the X environment by
typing startx or via xdm, depending on your choice during configuration.

Introduction to X

A GUI (Graphical User Interface) is part and parcel of the Windows and Mac
operating systems. It's basically impossible to write an application for