I usually do a quick install of Emacs, but barring that nano is usually available. I'm an anything but vi guy....
Nano? Pico? Emacs? NAWWW, forget them, use the other great editor developed for the Amiga first:
http://ne.dsi.unimi.it/Inspired by TurboText, ne (Nice Editor) is the text mode editor I use. Usually you have to compile it, but I have had no problems on SGI Irix or any Linux. The only place I haven't gotten the latest versions to compile is on the Amiga! There is an ancient binary version on Aminet, and even that one is cool because you can telnet in to an Amiga and use an editor with drop-down menus.
If anyone is looking for a project, please try to get the latest ne version to compile on an Amiga.
