jsivier@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jonathon Sivier ) (07/10/90)
HELP!!!! I need a text editor which I can actually use. I need an editor which has as a minimum all the functunality of vi, including named buffers, fence matching and macros. If it has additional features that would be fine, but crippled versions of vi like stevie do me no good. I need an editor which will run, with minimal differences, on a variety of machines and operating systems. I currently am using; a VAXStation running VMS, an SGI IRIS running UNIX, PC clones running MS-DOS and a Commodore Amiga running AmigaDOS. Since it needs to run on a VAX it would be best if it didn't require an escape key since the VAX keyboard has no escape. Does Emacs use the escape key? If so is there a way around it? Does Emacs do fence matching for C programing? Is there a version of vi for the VAX which allows you to remap the escape key to another key? Is there anything out there anywhere? Please respond if you know of something which fit's these ridiculous requirements be it freeware, shareware or commercial. Thanks for your assistance. Jonathan -- Jonathan Sivier jsivier@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu