Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!cbnews!cbema!las From: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (cbema!las) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: VMS _has_ a real text editor utility - TPU! Summary: Emacs in TPU? What a concept! plus... windows, what windows? Message-ID: <5561@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 11 Apr 89 14:52:42 GMT References: <11563@lanl.gov> Reply-To: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH (actually an AGS consultant) Lines: 30 In article <11563@lanl.gov> mikeg%watson.c3@lanl.gov (M.P.Gerlek) writes: >From article , by > gaynor@athos.rutgers.edu (Silver): >> From what I've read in this newsgroup, can we safely call TPU an Emacs? >Question: Anyone know if anyone has ever written a true EMACS in TPU? Now that I would like to have! Unfortunately, the "true believers" of TPU that I have met to date think that it is their solemn duty to wipe EMACS from the face of the Earth ("What can you do in EMACS that you can't do in my version of HYPER-EVE.ULTRA-EXTENDED? You should just quit doing it your way and do it mine!"). I'm not totally resistant to change, I've been through a lot of editors (EDIT (University of Texas), SOS, TECO, TSO Editor, SPF, CP/M ED, WordMaster, WordStar, MS-DOS EDLIN, Pmate, the Borland Turbo Editors, VI, MicroEmacs, GNU Emacs, MG (formerly MicroGnu- Emacs), etc...), I just like for it to be my choice whenever possible. >Query: Are things like DIRED (directory editing w/in your editor) > really necessary, esp. in today's windowed world? Fancy > and nice to have, but a bit heavy unless you're stuck on a > VTxxx... If yours is a windowed world, you are very fortunate. Not all of us are. regards, Larry -- Signed: Larry A. Shurr (att!cbnews!cbema!las) Clever signature, Wonderful wit, Outdo the others, Be a big hit! - Burma Shave (With apologies to the real thing. The above represents my views only.) (Please note my mailing address. Mail sent to me on cbnews doesn't make it.)