craign@telxon.UUCP (Craig Nirosky ) (06/25/91)
A simple full-screen editor for novice users (often for use with Elm Mail)
is a fairly common request on the Net. I have attempted to meet that
need; I have just posted the source code to alt.sources.
I wrote the tt editor in C with the ATT curses package. I call it
the tt editor since it is designed for touch typists - the user never
needs to touch either the CTRL or ESC keys.
Features and Constraints:
- The commands are displayed on the screen so that the user does not
not need to remember any commands.
- The user does not need to have an understanding of the concept of
newline characters.
- Unlike vi and emacs, the cursor may be moved past the end of line.
- The cursor's line and column numbers are always displayed. The
editor can scroll sideways.
- Like vi, it is a modal editor. (I realize that novice users do
not like modal editors. I just hope the other features compensate
for this.)
- The editor cannot edit files containing control characters other
than tabs and newlines.
- The editor cannot edit files containing more than 5000 lines nor
files containing any line more than 1000 characters long.
(easily modified)
- I have been able to compile the code on a Pyramid, a Sequent and a Sun.
...!uunet!telxon!craign Craig Nirosky
Telxon Corporation
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...!uunet!telxon!craign Craig Nirosky
Telxon Corporation
Nothing found in Nature tastes Akron, OH 44313
as good as an Oreo cookie. (216) 666-4300 x4251