Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!grdetil From: grdetil@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gilles R. Detillieux) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Hey Syd, here's a couple of ideas! Message-ID: <1991Jun20.192712.26853@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 20 Jun 91 19:27:12 GMT References: <1991Jun20.044510.781@osh3.OSHA.GOV> <1991Jun20.141539.16160@DSI.COM> Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 30 In <1991Jun20.141539.16160@DSI.COM> syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) writes: >chip@osh3.OSHA.GOV (Chip Yamasaki) writes: >>Finally, a nice touch is [Cymail's] editor. I've seen lots of calls for a >>simple editor, but no great responses. >I would love a 'simple' editor to distribute with Elm as a contributed >product. I am even threatened myself to 'write one' but I don't really >have the time if I am to get 2.4 out. I also view this as a major >shortcoming. How about MicroEMACS? I picked it up off an FTP site (I don't remember which) and set it up on our systems. Many of our users here use it as an editor for Elm, and they seem happy with it. It's easy to learn the basics with it (they had given up on "vi" long ago), and it's got enough power for more experienced users. I'm happy with it because it's small (disk space is at a premium on our systems), and because it really cuts down on training time. I patched version 3.8b to handle ANSI cursor keys, but I've heard that 3.10 supports cursor keys defined in termcap. While I'm at it, Syd, I'll get my $.02 in for suggested changes to Elm. I would really like a simple way to abort any command, like hitting Esc. When users accidentally select something like (b)ounce or (r)eply, it would be nice if they could quickly cancel the command, rather than having to step through all the prompts until they finally get to tell Elm to (f)orget it. -- Gilles Detillieux Spinal Cord Research Centre or Dept. of Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)788-6766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 (Canada) Fax: (204)786-0932