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>>>>> "David" == David E Goble <goble@gtech> writes:

    David> Hi all; I hate learning new things. Espeally a bunch of
    David> keyboard commands.

What a boring life that would be, avoiding learning new things!

    David> In my first computer course, we had to use a word-star type
    David> (console/text base interface) word editor (like
    David> pico). However it had a pop-down menubar at the top of the
    David> screen, so you could navigate this or use the keyboard
    David> short cuts. It was quite a fast small word editor. The
    David> pop-down menubar was good because it gave you the chance to
    David> use it, before you learned the keyboard commands. Then as
    David> you get better, you can start using the keyboard, to speed
    David> things up a bit. I miss it as my copy is long gone.

    David> Anyway, is there something similar with the power of emacs
    David> or a wrapper for emacs.

Nothing beats the real thing.  Spend an hour on the emacs tutorial
(C-h t) and you'll be up to speed.  At any rate, emacs has a menubar
accessible both in X and in the console.  In the console, use F10 to
access it.  It's not really convenient but useful when you can't
remember a keystroke.  Emacs:  it's big.  It's powerful.  It edits
text. 

mp,doing news,mail,html,c,python,php&javascript in emacs & loving it

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