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From: gumby@ucrmath.ucr.edu (john donahue)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Simple editor for composing mail in elm ??? HELP !
Summary: Everybody wants this!
Keywords: Full screen, simple, source wanted, who dunnit?
Message-ID: <8091@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
Date: 9 Aug 90 04:47:52 GMT
References: <459@lafayet.Lafayette.LA.US>
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Organization: University of California, Riverside
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In article <459@lafayet.Lafayette.LA.US> rob@lafayet.Lafayette.LA.US (Rob Freyder) writes:
>I heard about a simple editor called simped.  I dont know anything about its
>capabilitiies but I need something that is easy for novice users but 
>full screen in nature.  The Insert/Command mode of "vi" type editors is
>not acceptable.  Advanced features are not necessary, as I said this is for
>composing mail under elm.

Well, I don't think simped is what you're looking for. It's a simple line
based editor, not a full screen editor. I wrote something similar for the
BBS I'm writing and haven't taken on the challenge of writing a full screen
version because it seems so "involved". I've looked at "stevie" and
"crisp" but they are "too" powerful. I want something that is full
screen, uses the arrow keys, and allows me to configure it somehow so
that some users can escape to a shell, while others cannot and so that
some users can read/write to arbitrary filenames while others cannot.
Thus, I need source. I don't need "grep" ability, and all kinds of
variables that can be set, just something simple. (Oh, word-wrap would
be nice too since most novices expect that from an editor these days :)

If anyone ever comes across such a beast, I'm sure the list of people who
will want a copy will be quite lengthy. In other words, I've seen articles
like this come across here for so long, I've finally decided to make my
own plea to the net at large and hope that someone, somewhere, has such
a beast. Any takers?

-- John
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