Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!news.cs.indiana.edu!know!pluto.hemel.bull.co.uk!ewoods From: ewoods@hemel.bull.co.uk (Eoin Woods) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: Editor for Primos Keywords: editor primos prime vi emacs Message-ID: <1991Apr3.074642.772@hemel.bull.co.uk> Date: 3 Apr 91 07:46:42 GMT References: <1991Apr1.182117.9642@cs.ubc.ca> Sender: @hemel.bull.co.uk Organization: Bull HN UK Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: brno manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis) writes: >My experience with Primos is (fortunately!) about 4 years in the past, Mine too! >but Prime does market a product called Emacs. I was never able to pry a >manual out of anybody, but I did successfully manage to use it without a >manual. The bindings (as I recollect) are Gosmacs compatible, and the >only peculiarities I can remember are (1) it asked you what terminal >type you were on each time you ran it; (2) some frequently used Emacs >characters (I can't remember which ones, but ^S comes to mind) got >trapped by the system. I've used it too (although I did have a manual) - It seemed very robust and reliable when I used it (although it do recall that there were a few quirks in the macro handling) - Yes, it was Gosmacs based bindings used. Eoin. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Eoin Woods, Software Development Group, Bull HN Information Systems, ~ ~ Maxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 7DZ, UK. ~ ~ Tel : +44 442 232222 x4823 Fax : +44 442 236072 ~ ~ < Eoin.Woods@hemel.bull.co.uk or ...!uunet!ukc!brno!ewoods> ~ ~ < When do we start news group comp.os.emacs ? :-) > ~