Re: Anyone use SAM?

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From: David J Dawkins
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 11:20

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pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes:

>Stephen J Bevan (bevan@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote:
>: In article <OZ.92Nov6170912@ursa.sis.yorku.ca> oz@ursa.sis.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes:
>: 
>(1)	It's small 
>(2)	It's fast
>(3)	It has an orthogonal command structure
>(4)	It does what I want it to do, without the need for me to write
>	a pile of silly macros or Lisp functions.

>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.  

    OK-OK-OK-OK. ok. You've sold it to me. 

    Where can I get it?
    Will it compile and run under Un*x or do I need Plan-9?

-dave "Always wanting a better editor"

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djd@csug.cs.rdg.ac.uk
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