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Article #312Re: looking for a text base user interface programming editer for C
From: Matthew van de Werken
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 21:34
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 21:34
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In article <3b13b168@usenet.per.paradox.net.au>, "Lanzon" <lanzon@nospam.upnaway.com> wrote: > Sorry, but you don't get better then VIM! > > The true programmer's tool :) > I guess the only downside is the OP doesn't want to learn "a bunch of keyboard commands". This pretty much rules out vi[m]. Don't get me wrong, I love vi (you should see some of my Windows text files -> they're full of colons and assorted seemingly random characters), but it's not exactly a beginner's text editor. Cheers, MvdW > -- > -Lanzon > David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote in message > news:3b11d03d.566991@news.adelaide.on.net... >> Hi all; >> >> I hate learning new things. Espeally a bunch of keyboard commands. >> >> In my first computer course, we had to use a word-star type >> (console/text base interface) word editor (like pico). However it had a >> pop-down menubar at the top of the screen, so you could navigate this >> or use the keyboard short cuts. It was quite a fast small word editor. >> The pop-down menubar was good because it gave you the chance to use it, >> before you learned the keyboard commands. Then as you get better, you >> can start using the keyboard, to speed things up a bit. I miss it as my >> copy is long gone. >> >> Anyway, is there something similar with the power of emacs or a wrapper >> for emacs. >> >> Or anyother text UI programming editor? > >
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