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From: rob@dadla.UUCP (Rob Vetter)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.wanted
Subject: Re: query on IBM PC editors
Message-ID: <906@dadla.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 12:42:34 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 16 12:42:34 1986
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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Keywords: MS-DOS vi
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In article <621@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> davidra@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Penguin ) writes:
>I'm looking for a good editor for programming under MS-DOS and have yet
>to find one.
>
>	- never requires the use of function keys, including
>		the arrow keys (or allows control keys
>		to be defined to do the work of all function keys)

	SPF works best with function keys, but it is useable without
	them.  There are alot of differences between it and vi.  Most
	of them neutral tradeoffs, but some of them are good (ex. block
	moves, deletes, copies are easier), and some of them are bad
	(movement can be specified by line or character but not by word
	or sentence).

	Check it out !!
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Rob Vetter
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