aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt) (08/31/89)
Several weeks ago I asked if anyone had sources for a novice level Unix editor, something that basically allowed termcap-described ttys to do rudimentary editing. Arrow key handling would be nice. I suspect that never made it to the world, as I got no replies... Any takers this time? -- Andrew Burt uunet!isis!aburt or aburt@du.edu "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time."
walter@hpsad.HP.COM (Walter Coole) (08/31/89)
Let 'em use emacs. The novice users that I have given a fully installed GNU emacs to have loved it. Installation isn't for a novice, but the tutorial is good, and the user interface is far more intuitive than vi, for example. Just don't tell them about all the power they have, and they will be quite happy with arrows and ^X^C.
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (09/03/89)
As quoted from <2600@isis.UUCP> by aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt): +--------------- | Several weeks ago I asked if anyone had sources for a novice level Unix | editor, something that basically allowed termcap-described ttys to | do rudimentary editing. Arrow key handling would be nice. +--------------- A number of such beasts are in the various comp.sources.* archives. Examples: GA Tech "se" (an extended /bin/ed-clone with a screen mode, but different from the ex/vi style), and TVX (both in the c.s.unix archives, I believe). Also, there are sources for MicroEMACS and STevie in the c.s.misc archives; with source, either or both could be modified to support online help (and with MicroEMACS you could also add a help macro bound to F1 or something like that). Also from the c.s.misc archive is CRISP, a Brief-clone. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@NCoast.ORG uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu "Why do trans-atlantic transfers take so long?" "Electrons don't swim very fast." -john@minster.york.ac.uk and whh@PacBell.COM