A newbie's question about tools

Now that I have my file server running (well, it boots and stays up until I shut it down), I'd like to find tools equivalent to the ones I use under zVM. Note that I didn't load X so graphical windows-ish goodies don't apply; in this context "full screen" means "a screen full of text that I can scroll around and possibly type on."

The main tool I'd like to have is called FLIST (File LIST) - something that displays file names with a command area next to each. In the zVM world I'd call up a listing of the files in a certain area and be able to type a command to be applied. If the file was "FRED buttEMBLE Z" (for an example) I could type "X" in the command area to invoke the XEDIT editor, "R = OLDASM =" to rename it, "A" to buttemble it, "ERASE" to delete it, etc.

Another tool that I'd like to use is BROWSE, a file display utility that's much "lighter weight" than any editor.

The last tool is a *simple* text-type editor (no, not vi, thankyouverymuch); even something as simple and no-frills as Notepad would work. Something called T or TEDIT or TINYEDIT was kicking around the IBM BBS for years (including the source IIRC; everything was removed when IBM sold the PC division to Lenovo, damn IBM's corporate soul). The Debian site mentions many editor packages but are there any recommendations?

Oh, and while I'm using apt-get or apbreastude I'm gonna get regina-rexx. REXX is my scripting language of choice (pity that XEDIT and CMSPIPES aren't available for Linux).

-- -- Marten Kemp (Fix name and ISP to reply)