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Article #7310Re: query on IBM PC editors
From: Rob Vetter
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1986 16:42
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1986 16:42
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In article <621@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> davidra@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Penguin ) writes: >I'm looking for a good editor for programming under MS-DOS and have yet >to find one. > > - never requires the use of function keys, including > the arrow keys (or allows control keys > to be defined to do the work of all function keys) SPF works best with function keys, but it is useable without them. There are alot of differences between it and vi. Most of them neutral tradeoffs, but some of them are good (ex. block moves, deletes, copies are easier), and some of them are bad (movement can be specified by line or character but not by word or sentence). Check it out !! -- Rob Vetter (503) 629-1044 [ihnp4, ucbvax, decvax, uw-beaver]!tektronix!dadla!rob " " !psu-cs!vetterr "Waste is a terrible thing to mind" - NRC (Well, they COULD have said it)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!topaz!ll-xn!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!tektronix!teklds!dadla!rob From: rob@dadla.UUCP (Rob Vetter) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.wanted Subject: Re: query on IBM PC editors Message-ID: <906@dadla.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 12:42:34 EDT Article-I.D.: dadla.906 Posted: Wed Jul 16 12:42:34 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jul-86 04:34:13 EDT References: <621@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Reply-To: rob@dadla.UUCP (Rob Vetter) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 25 Keywords: MS-DOS vi