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From: walker@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Rick Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Rewriting screen update code in Vi-editor clone (stevie 3.69a)
Message-ID: <62420011@hpl-opus.HP.COM>
Date: 9 Jun 90 01:57:13 GMT
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/ hpl-opus:comp.editors / shepard@umber.CS.ORST.EDU (Mark Shepard) /  3:07 pm  Jun  8, 1990 /

> WANTED:  Has anyone re-written the screen update code in the Atari ST
> vi-editor clone STEVIE, v. 3.69a from uunet?
> 
...
> This is a pretty good editor, but it's unusable on all but a 386 (and forget
> about using it over a modem).  If no one is working on rewriting this code,OR
> if no one can suggest a better vi-editor clone (HINT HINT), I'll just rewrite
> it myself.  But 'thought I ask first.

Try out the "elvis" editor published in (I think) the comp.os.minix group.
It is much better than stevie (IMHO).

--
Rick Walker