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Article #12259Re: good vi editor for the mac
From: Bill Williams
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 14:13
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 14:13
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In article <1992Sep4.192444.24921@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> Tom Pollard, pollard@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu writes: >If you're just looking for a good editor that you can use directly on text >files, I would strongly suggest you look at the excellent shareware editor, >Alpha (now in version 5.0). It is quite powerful, extensible, and flexible. >You can redefine the key bindings, for instance, and write much more >interesting macros than in vi. Yes, speaking of Alpha and such, anybody know how to change the default text editor that's suggested for text files with unknown creators? I mean the editor that's specified in the message that ends "... would you like to open it with TeachText?" How can I change that from TeachText to (say) Alpha? ___________________________________ William E. Williams, bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu Divison of Natural Sciences and Mathematics St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD 20686
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!umd5!williams.smcm.edu!bwilliam From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.editors Subject: Re: good vi editor for the mac Message-ID: <15327@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 7 Sep 92 14:13:28 GMT References: <1992Sep1.163234.20799@Synopsys.Com> <1992Sep4.192444.24921@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> <1992Sep5.221526.10841@uc.msc.edu> Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Organization: St. Mary's College of Maryland Lines: 21 X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9 X-XXMessage-ID: <A6D0DC02DA0201D2@williams.smcm.edu> X-XXDate: Mon, 7 Sep 92 15:14:26 GMT