Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!waikato.ac.nz!aukuni.ac.nz!russell From: russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: Hey Syd, here's a couple of ideas! Message-ID: <1991Jun20.235134.18095@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: 20 Jun 91 23:51:34 GMT References: <1991Jun20.044510.781@osh3.OSHA.GOV> <1991Jun20.141539.16160@DSI.COM> <1991Jun20.192712.26853@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand. Lines: 30 grdetil@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gilles R. Detillieux) writes: >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 > [...........] >I patched version 3.8b to handle ANSI cursor keys, but I've heard that 3.10 >supports cursor keys defined in termcap. We also use uemacs (3.10) with elm and are very happy with it. >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. I would second that one too. Russell. -- Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.