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From: king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Front-screen editor?
Message-ID: <4849@orchid3.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 91 21:54:27 GMT
References: <1991Mar12.190445.10258@nevada.edu>
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In article <1991Mar12.190445.10258@nevada.edu> niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) writes:
>Quick question:  Does there exist a plain ol' text editor-in-a-window that can
>be pushed to whatever screen I want?  I know that Az, from some Fish disk,
>claims to be able, but the only menu item that _I_ can find that even hints
>at the potential is "Push to Front Screen," which makes little sense, as if
>I can get to the menu, the editor is _already_ on the front screen, right?
>Any pointers appreciated.

First, get yourself a copy of ConMan, by William Hawes.  It's available
on the ARexx and WShell distribution disks, and I'm 99.8% sure that it's
freely distributable.  (Don't have it in front of me to check.)  ConMan
can open a CLI window on any screen.  Next, find any editor that runs
in a CLI window.  I recommend 'stevie', a 'vi' clone.  Fire up the CLI
on whatever window you please (you may need to use PopCLI or something
similar to do this) and run your editor to your heart's content.

Note that this method requires that you put the CLI on the screen *first*,
then run the editor.  After the CLI is active you can't change the
screen it's on.

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