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From: rcb@netcom.COM (Roy Bixler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Upgrades for old system
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.194035.11055@netcom.COM>
Date: 22 Mar 91 19:40:35 GMT
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In article <1991Mar21.194332.6951@infonode.ingr.com> tensmekl@infonode.ingr.com (Kermit Tensmeyer) writes:
>	What's a really good editor for the ST. VIX and STeVI don't cut it
>	as Vi clones (my editor of choice on Unix). 

You could try Elvis if you're looking for a VI clone.  It seems to be
pretty complete.  The only problem I've had with it is that it ignores
any \etc\termcap file you might have and requires you to set up your
TERM environment variable to vt52.

>	Do I really need to break down and make microemacs 3.10 the editor
>	I use on all 6 systems?

Why not make GNU Emacs the editor of choice on all systems?  It even
has a 'vi' simulation available for it.  Of course, more than 1
Megabyte is recommended (if not required) for the ST.

>	Has anyone ported Perl to the ST? [It does run on a PC, why not an
>	ST?

Yes, that's been done.  You can ftp it from cs.uni-sb.de
(134.96.7.254).  Also, if it's not on the atari.archive, I could post
it there.

>
>
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