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From: mhb@ukfca1 (Mark Hanbury Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.editors
Subject: wanted: very simple screen editor
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Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 09:52:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 17 09:52:16 1987
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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).

The more portable the better, but I need it specifically for Sun Unix. VAX/VMS
would be useful too.

I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard for me to write, but if anyone's all ready
invented this particular wheel, I'd be grateful.

Mark Hanbury Brown
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