bruss@odin.ucsd.edu (Brian Russ) (03/12/89)
As a dedicated Unix vi user, I have been using Manx's Z editor at home and now wish to upgrade to something better. The choices I have seen so far are: AVI (never seen it at all) Stevie ( " " " " " ) DME (looks like it could be to act like vi) UEdit ( " " " " " " " " " ) CygnusEd (don't know if this is configurable) First, if anyone has any recommendations for AVI or Stevie I'd like to hear them. Also, I have just gotten DME and UEdit via some Fish disks -- does anyone have vi macros for either of these? Why upgrade? Well, there are some things I'd like to be able to do -- the main one being able to edit several files at once (side by side) -- currently with Z if I look at one file then want to look at another I have to call up a NewCLI and then swap between windows -- awkward at best ... an iconify feature (I've seen, and liked, the one in DME) would be nice ... mainly I'd be using this editor for programming in C, if that matters ... Thanks, Brian Russ CSE Department, UC San Diego ..!sdcsvax!bruss
kenneth.tam@canremote.uucp (KENNETH TAM) (03/16/89)
I've had some experiance with UEdit and CED, and overall I prefer CED. Uedit is almost 100% user configurable, and if you're looking to clone vi with some extras, I'd give it some serious consideration. Some of the emulations I've seen are quite impressive. I use CED because I have the TxED (ack! ;-) commands implanted in me, and because it was available for a demonstration run at the local dealer whereas UEdit's S/W version was the closest I could get to a demo. -Kenneth --- * Via ProDoor 2.9a --- MaS Relayer v1.00.00 Via Fidonet node 1:223/224.0 - MaS Network Software and Consulting/HST Internet: kenneth.tam@canremote.uucp UUCP: ...tmsoft!masnet!canremote!kenneth.tam