Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!atc!hawkmoon!det From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Super-simple UNIX editor Keywords: simple UNIX text editor simped dte emacs elisp WordStar Message-ID: <1991Jun15.213447.12408@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> Date: 15 Jun 91 21:34:47 GMT Article-I.D.: hawkmoon.1991Jun15.213447.12408 References: <1991Jun13.052839.9509@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> <1991Jun14.004711.25643@yenta.alb.nm.us> Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions); Eagan, MN, 55123-2507, USA Lines: 26 dt@yenta.alb.nm.us (David B. Thomas) writes: >I think what a lot of novice >unix users would like to see is something along the lines of the editor >that comes with Borland's "Turbo" products. > - text typed is always inserted at cursor (only one mode) > - arrow keys move as indicated > - backspace always deletes before cursor, including 's > - function keys either do nothing, or do what they > say ("end" should go to the end of something, etc.) > - at least one way to get the cursor to any place they want > - at least one way to remove an unwanted character > - at least one way to add a wanted character Ahh, some hard requirements. (:-) This seems like a very reasonable list of actions to support for a beginning (non-unix-type) user and is, as you say, intuitive. If you find such an editor (with documentation, no matter how little is required!) please pass along this information to the masses (i.e., me and the rest of usenet). derek -- Derek "Tigger" Terveer det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG -- U of MN Women's Lax I am the way and the truth and the light, I know all the answers; don't need your advice. -- "I am the way and the truth and the light" -- The Legendary Pink Dots