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From: mikeg%watson.c3@lanl.gov (M.P.Gerlek)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: stuff
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Date: 4 Apr 89 16:23:46 GMT
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From article <1686@wpi.wpi.edu>, by jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen):
> So, my wish-list for an editor is:
> 
>  * every lengthy screen update must be interruptable

There must be _NO_ "lengthy screen updates".

>  * the following commands HAVE to be single key or control keys with none of
>    that vi mode switching junk:
>   [...]
>  * the following commands should take no more than 2 key-presses to get:
>   [...]
>  * DEL and ^H must both backspace

Any editor worth its name must have the ability to bind keys in a permanent,
user-happy manner.  EMACS and EVE both have all of this...  User preferences
must NOT be set by The Powers That BE.

>  * And, most importantly and with religeous intensity, when moving between
>    lines, the cursor MUST NOT EVER change column position...

Amen! (with equally religious fervor)

` M.P.Gerlek (mikeg@watson.c3.lanl.gov)              "To tweak,             '
` Los Alamos Nat'l Lab / Merrimack College              Or not to tweak?    '
`                                                     That is the           '
` Disclaimer: I'm only an undergrad, they don't         Question."          '
`             tell me anything worth disclaiming.                           '