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From: gast@maui.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast)
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Subject: Re: Xedit is better than vi and emacs
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Date: 23 Apr 91 02:45:25 GMT
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In article <1991Apr21.011316.13111@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson) writes:
>setmode(SOAPBOX);

>It's been a decade since I used Xedit, but I remember it well.  If I
>had a 3270, it would be my editor of choice.  If I had an ASR33 (or any
>of its followers, from ADM3 through xterm) I'd use vi or emacs.

If I had to use a 3270, I would use Xedit too.  Remember that for all
practical purposes, vi and emacs expect to have a full duplex line and
expect to be be in ``raw'' mode.  A 3270 operates only in half-duplex
mode and who knows if CMS can simulate raw mode.  I guess there must be
some horrible hacks out there, however.

BTW, another poster keeps talking about opening up lines.  What do you
mean by opening them up?

david