Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mmlai!burzio
From: burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Tony Burzio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: resize and editors
Keywords: If it hurts when you do that...
Message-ID: <40@gauss.mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 25 Oct 90 11:20:36 GMT
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore
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There have been many replies to the "how do I use vi in a
non-default screen size window".  The most obvious answer
is, of course, don't use vi.  There are many editors, like
emacs, that actually know that you are in an X environment.
You can stretch the window with the mouse once the editor
is running and the screen will resize; you can point with
the mouse and move the cursor; and all that other good stuff.

The bad news is that HP doesn't supply such and editor (sounds
like a chorus refrain here :-)  We have UniPress emacs, but that's
because we had it on our VAX and wanted to stay with the same
company.  If given a choice, we would not do this again since
UniPress is very unconcerned with the quality of HP products (add
second chorus about 3rd party HP support :-)  Many people have
said that the GNU emacs software, available free from your local
file server, is a good alternative.  There is even rumored to 
be a vi emulation mode if you really insist on screen editing
existing IBM punch card decks :-)  One of these weekends I will
try to compile this beast. I'd say that about 40-50% of public
domain software will compile on an HP because of non-Sun stuff
or things that just don't work at all.

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