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Re: looking for a text base user interface programming editer for C

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From: Jan Panteltje
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:15
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On a sunny day (Wed, 30 May 2001 07:34:50 +1000) it happened "Matthew van de
Werken" <mvdw73@one.net.au> wrote in
<20010530.073448.1023784356.7045@duey.lmv.org.au>:

>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?
>> 
>>
>
Nothing like joe
Regards
Jan
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From: jan@panteltje.demon.nl (Jan Panteltje)
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Subject: Re: looking for a text base user interface programming editer for C
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:15:33 GMT
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