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From: david@lta.lta.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Editors that run under X or Motif
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Date: 17 May 91 18:18:09 GMT
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> > I would like to know if there are any editors out there that
> > run under X or Motif.
> I prefer vi myself.  8-)

Ditto, but for real answers check the latest (5/4/91) FAQ in comp.windows.x,
which discusses X-based word-processors and editors. Of the X-based text
editors, probably xedit, emacs, and epoch are the most accessible:

        You can ftp the latest version of emacs, including X11 support, from
prep.ai.mit.edu [18.71.0.38].  The file you probably want is
~ftp/pub/gnu/emacs-18.55.tar.Z, or similarly-named files.

        Epoch is a modified version of Gnu Emacs with additional facilities
useful in an X environment. Current sources are on cs.uiuc.edu (128.174.252.1)
in ~ftp/pub/epoch-files/epoch; the current [2/91] version is 3.2. [In Europe,
try unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de].  There are two subdirectories:  epoch
contains the epoch source, and gwm contains the source to the programmable
window manager GWM, with which epoch works well. You can get on the Epoch
mailing list by sending a request to epoch-request@cs.uiuc.edu.

        The Andrew system on the X11R4 tape has been described as one of the
best word-processing packages available. It supports word processing with
multi-media embedded objects: rasters, tables/spread sheets, drawings, style
editor, application builder, embedded programming language, &c.
[Fred Hansen (wjh+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU)]

[commercial products mentioned in the FAQ omitted]

(sorry to post; don't know who originally asked the question)

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