Small simple fullscreen editor recommendations?

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2 total messages Started by clh@tfic.bc.ca ( Sun, 18 Aug 1991 23:51

#3763

Author: clh@tfic.bc.ca (
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1991 23:51

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Hi there;

A question for my fellow readers: I would like to find a very straightforward
fullscreen editor for use under SunOS with character terminals (eg vt100).
I'd prefer something that has a minimal number of commands or other fancy
stuff, as my intended audience is the casual user of our computers who might
want to thump in a text file and can't be bothered to learn vi or emacs.

I used a relatively nice simple editor on the PC a number of years ago called
Personal Editor; it had nice features for moving blocks of text, the commands
were generally either attached to the function keys or Alt-something or other.
I would consider this as a good editor, except that it runs on the PC :-(

Any suggestions?

Chris Hermansen                         Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants
Voice: 1 604 733 0731                   302 - 958 West 8th Avenue
FAX:   1 604 733 0634                   Vancouver B.C. CANADA
clh@tfic.bc.ca                          V5Z 1E5

C'est ma facon de parler.

Re: Small simple fullscreen editor recommendations?

#3928

Author: ant@mks.com (Ant
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1991 18:15

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If you look back over the last two weeks you'll find reference to a
'collection of vi macros' and the ftp site.  In the index you'll find
mentioned AE.DOC and AEAE.C, which are the obfuscated and unobfuscated
source to a very small and simple full screen text editor.  Have a look;
it might suite your needs.

- ant

--
ant@mks.com                                                   Anthony C Howe
Mortice Kern Systems Inc. 35 King St. N., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2J 6W9
"Fate favors fools, small children, and ships named Enterprise" - Riker

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