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From: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: wordperfect as editor
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Date: 4 Sep 90 06:09:00 GMT
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Reply-To: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor)
Organization: Intuitive Systems, Mountain View, CA: +1 (415) 966-1151
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Tim Evans comments, in response to a request from Jeff Hyatt, that: 

> I tried using my full-featured word processor on my '286 UNIX box, but 
> found that the time to load the damned thing was so long that I hated 
> waiting for it, just to do a two or three line message.

As it turns out, that's the primary motivator for the builtin "editor":
it's where you can begin composition of your message without any overhead
at all, then, if you find yourself getting 'into it', you can use "~v"
to get vi, "~e" to get emacs, and "~o prog" to get program 'prog' started
with your editor of choice.

Of course, this doesn't lessen the awkwardness of the builtin "editor"
especially for a neophyte or non-technical user, but...

						-- Dave Taylor
Intuitive Systems
Mountain View, California

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