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Decent Editors

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From: Norman Hamer
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:05
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 Hullo. 
  
 One of the major things preventing me from running unix on my home systems 
is that I have YET to see a decent editor under unix. While I recognize 
certain things are a little different because they're written for multiple 
terminals... I'm only using CONSOLE or an ANSI terminal emulation and at 
14.4kbaud I'd prefer a clean screen than minimal updates ala vi. 
  
 Basically, what I'm looking for is a Q-Edit analog... The things which are 
important to me are: 
  
 1) Backspace and Delete are TWO SEPERATE FUNCTIONS, darnit! Delete removes 
    the character to the RIGHT, and should only be a synonym for backspace 
on 
    a terminal which only has one key. 
 2) Auto-indenting and sticky indent for C. 
 3) Preferrably unlimited line length, else >= 256 characters. 
 4) The realization that if a user does "cursor down" and then types, that   
 
 means to move the endpoint to the current position, not start typing at     
 the endpoint. 
 5) Control Keys used for CONTROL functions, not to switch to command mode. 
 6) Preferrably pull-down menus for non-often-used functions. 
 7) The ability to load multiple files, copy blocks to/from other files
 
 Is there anything out there which does this? Can you tell me where to look? 
 I'd write one, but I can't stand the editors I've seen long enough to write 
my own.   
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