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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.editors
Subject: Re: wanted: very simple screen editor
Message-ID: <7895@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 11:59:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 17 11:59:24 1987
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In article <296@ginger.UUCP> mhb@ukfca1.UUCP () writes:
|Does anyone know of a VERY VERY SIMPLE screen editor for dumb terminals.
|What I want is something which a totally naive computer user can learn in
|5 minutes. All it needs to do is
|  - move the cursor around the screen, scrolling the text (arrow keys?)
|  - insert text (by typing it)
|  - delete text (using delete key?)
|It should not spring any surprises when wrong keys are pressed (ie. vi,
|emacs, etc. are not considered at all suitable).

You know your needs best, but microemacs will do just what you want.
Disable all key bindings except those you want. It's portable and
reliable. I agree that vi would give too many "look at that!" situations
with bad typists.
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me