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Article #1353Re: Anyone use SAM?
From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:48
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:48
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In article <721484846.9186@minster.york.ac.uk>, pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
>
> Before I started using Sam I was a dedicated vi addict -- I still use vi for
> editing mail and so on, but for _writing_ on Unix boxes sam is the most
> transparent tool I've ever come across.
>
I use it with mail via a mechanism where you can get it to edit a file
for you. I set EDITOR to that and my MH like mail user agent invokes it.
Elsewhere, when I need to edit something I go:
; B file
B co-operates with sam to hand it a B command with file as an absolute pathname.
Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com
``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) Subject: Re: Anyone use SAM? Message-ID: <1992Nov11.174818.27627@prl.dec.com> Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: prl313.prl.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory References: <BEVAN.92Nov9202641@tiger.cs.man.ac.uk> <721484846.9186@minster.york.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:48:18 GMT Lines: 20