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Article #321Re: looking for a text base user interface programming editer for C
From: Nate Eldredge
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:16
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:16
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goble@gtech (David. E. Goble) writes: > Hi all; > > I hate learning new things. You'd probably better find a field other than computer programming, then. > 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. GNU emacs has a menu bar (hit F10). What I found even more useful is the fact that every command has a name that's fairly easy to guess, and can be found with C-h a (that's apropos) otherwise. And it tells you the quick way to run the command whenever you use the slow way. > Or anyother text UI programming editor? -- Nate Eldredge neldredge@hmc.edu
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