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From: jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: non-DEC terminals on VMS
Message-ID: <586@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 88 15:30:11 GMT
References: <8802202348.AA24632@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Lines: 34
Summary: NED Offer

In article <8802202348.AA24632@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, dhaskin@lucy.wellesley.EDU (Denis Haskin) writes:
> In response to a few recent queries regarding non-DEC terminals with
> VMS (Karl Denninger and dehildum@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu) and specifically looking
> for an editor to use with non-DEC terminals (Robert J. Wright
> <R_WRIGHT@mail.uwa.oz>):
> 
> ... Unfortunately, neither EDT nor
> TPU use SMG, so although one can create a TERMTABLE.TXT entry for a foreign
> terminal, it doesn't do diddly for either of VMS' supported editors.
> 
...
>
> Robert Wright, your best bet for a screen-based editor that will work with
> funky terminals is probably some flavor of Emacs.

I guess it's time to admit that I have developed an SMG based editor (which
therefore runs on foreign terminals).  The editor is named NED (NAU Editor)
and is not public domain.  It was developed under a grant from DEC as part
of a set of writing tools to help students learn the writing process.  The
good news is that I am in the processes of sending out beta versions of 
the NAUWriter package (NED is its main component). 

I could say a lot more about the whole thing, but that might be construed
as advertisement.  Let me just say that EMACS is a lot more powerful, has
a much larger following, and is public domain.  If, however, you want
an editor/writing system that is simple to use (we user Ned exclusively
with beginners, the editor looks alot like EVE), you could send email to 
me requesting information about becoming a beta site for NAUWriter.

Thanks.

-- 
	John Campbell               ...!arizona!naucse!jdc

	unix?  Sure send me a dozen, all different colors.