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From: wagner@utcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Request for TxEd info
Message-ID: <1987Jan19.020412.19909@utcs.uucp>
Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 02:04:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 19 02:04:12 1987
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In article <501@mcnc.UUCP> adjones@mcnc.UUCP (Amy D. Jones) writes:
>
>I'm tired of Ed's weirdness with <CTRL>-characters and Tab expansion (etc),
>so I'm looking around for an alternate editor.  
>I know some of you have it 
>[TxEd 1.3] & I'm hoping you can give me some information about its
>capabilities.  

Well, I have TxEd 1.1 (I didn't know 1.3 was available..guess I should have
sent in the little card, huh)...I'll try to answer.

>In particular, I'm interested in the following features:
>
> - Does it support any sort of macro structures--or can it take input from
>   an external file?  

Nope.

>
> - How about repeated commands?  By this I'm referring to the Ed *rp(..)
>   or Edit 0(..) type of structure.

None that I've found.

> - Is it easy to insert an external file at a certain point.  I've never
>   seen an editor without this capability, but I thought I'd ask since
>   I didn't see how to do it from the demo (no instructions).

Well, I must admit is is counter-intuitive.  You have to use MORETXED
to open a second copy of TxEd, paste the file you want into the clipboard,
and then pick it up with Insert on the first copy of TxEd.  Did that make
sense?

> - How easy is it to export a marked block to another file?  This is
>   very easy with Ed -- not so easy with uEmacs -- very slow with Edit.

This is the same, basically, as the question above.  You export the marked
block to the clip, pick it up with another copy of the editor, and do whatever
you want to do with it there.

>Those specific questions come to mind, but anything else you want to throw
>in (special likes/dislikes) would also be appreciated.  

It has the best disclaimer in the business!  Also, I couldn't find a way
to remove nulls from a file.  Oh, and I think it doesn't use the system
keymap, because I couldn't find a way of making an e' (for the word resume')
properly.

Hope this helps.

Michael