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From: jrd@stl.stc.co.uk (J.R.Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Wanted: Easy, Full-screen Editor for UNIX
Summary: use vi
Keywords: vi
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Date: 10 Oct 90 11:54:40 GMT
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>>My employer needs a simple, full screen editor that will run on a VAX 8250
>>running BSD 4.3-tahoe.  
>>[...]
>
>Reconsider vi for this. 

Yes. If possible, use existing, supported, standard, free tools.

Note also that you can create a subset of vi, if that is all that is required.
All you have to do is set up key mappings for all the keys you don't
want to work to be something silent and safe. (this can get rid of most of
the "bells-and-whistles").
 
				   -jrd
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John Davis  ( J.R.Davis@stl.stc.co.uk +44 (0)279 429531 Ext 3618 )