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From: john@hopf.math.nwu.edu (John Franks)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Fixing the "builtin" editor
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Date: 17 Jul 90 00:41:30 GMT
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In article <1334@wet.UUCP> eps@sutro.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes:
>We are looking to use elm as a replacement for mailx/BSD Mail for
>new users who have not yet learned to use an external editor.
>As distributed, elm only works as advertised if configured to use
>vi as the default editor; we want to use "builtin" instead.  Some
>minor changes make this viable.
>

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I strongly second the need for these changes.  I made comparable 
changes to our local elm some months ago, but it is a pain redoing
them after every new patch.  Could we get this or something like it
in PL6 or in 2.4 at the latest?  It makes elm elm usable for users
who can't use an editor.



John Franks 	Dept of Math. Northwestern University
		john@math.nwu.edu