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> From: WVNET::IN%"tarjeij@ulrik.uio.no"  2-NOV-1992 05:22:01.68
> Subj: RE: VMS editors on Unix
>
> There are at least one implementation of edt that is available for free
> somewhere. Use archie to locate it or try to find it on one of the decus
> tapes.

          It's called SEDT.  It has a superset of EDT's functionality.
          I use the MS-DOS version with *great* results.  The key
          definitions under DOS even honor the Num Lock key as if it
          was GOLD.  It sports multiple buffers, overstrike mode, and
          two different flavors of Learn mode.  I am guessing that the
          UNIX version will be similarly impressive.

          One caveat: the initialization and macro language bears
          almost no similarity to the EDT Change Mode subcommand set.
          You have to pretty much learn from scratch if you want to
          make modifications.

> There is also a version of Teco available for free.

          I also have *it* for the PC, mainly because of my inability
          to get initialization working on SEDT :-).  It is written in
          C, and has been built on UNIX as well, I believe.

          The 'problem' with this particular TECO implementation is
          that it does not implement Watch mode, in which you use 20
          lines of the screen for viewing the buffer contents while
          issuing commands at the screen's bottom.

          A third option: I believe that a commercial product, NU-TPU,
          can be run on UNIX.

                                                -Tom Williams
                                                 Computer Center Manager
                                                 Alderson-Broaddus College
                                                 WILLIAMS@AB.WVNET.EDU