Re: Text editors: can't teach an old pigeon new tricks
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 05:26:06PM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> I am looking for a text editor that meets my personal prejudices!
>
> First may I say that I hope this doesn't turn into another vi v. emacs
> war!!! I have an approximately equal loathing for both of them. When I
> am forced to use the "standard tools" I prefer to use ed. (No, really, I
> do.)
Sure
> I want the editor primarily for programming, and I have done a lot of
> programming in environments like Borland Turbo C for DOS and the HTDC C
> compiler for PIC microcontrollers, also for DOS.
>
> These editors provide, AT THE SAME TIME, Wordstar-like control-key
> commands AND alt-key-activated pulldown menus like those provided in
> DOS's EDIT. There is, of course, some duplication of functionality here.
> Personally I find it convenient.
I have a list of editor which has been around.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch-edit.en.html
joe emulate good old wordstar/Boland convention.
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