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From: eric@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Eric Lavitsky)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Software development tools: text editor
Message-ID: <3606@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 20:41:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 10 20:41:48 1985
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Hi,

 There are two editors provided: ED and EDIT. ED is a full screen
editor and EDIT is a line editor. I use ED, so I can't comment on
EDIT. The editor is usable, though far from being EMACS -it has a
limited number of functions, and the key binding are a bit weird
(no doubt some British humour). The Editors are part of AmigaDOS,
and reside in the system commands directory. Commodore will also be 
releasing a MacWrite clone called TextCraft, which was done by
Arktronics (the people who did Jane for the C128). 

 The Editor is a little like vi - there is an extended command mode
you enter when you type escape. It is also a little like Emacs in
that you are always in insert mode. It would probably be very easy
to port Emacs over to it - the standard console device is very close
to a full X3.64 implementation. A friend from Unipress has offered
to give it a wack, but I am a little too paranoid about letting my 
machine go away for any length of time. Someone else once expressed
interest in porting GNU code over to it... I will post the list of
ED commands as soon as I have my manuals with me at the same time I'm
at a terminal.

Eric
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