QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (10/15/90)
I am currently involved in looking at possible editors for a Un*x service in a research and teaching environment. The primary requirements are: o Full screen o Must work on a wide variety of platforms o Very useful if a version works on PC/MS-DOS o Must work with industry standard terminals/emulations o Must be easy to learn, especially for those with no computer background o site licence arrangements reasonable I would like to hear from those sites who may have moved to Un*x from something fundamentally different, especially academic sites. Other objective views would be appreciated as well. In addition, I would like to hear from anyone who has done a comparative study of un*x editors. I would be interested to hear views on what core functions an editor should offer. What does the person want who primarily goes though the compile-->load-->execute-->edit cycle, for example? Please can you let me know by mail. I will summarise (eventually). (I'm aware that this follows on from previous posting but our requirements are not the same). Thanks very much. Alan Thew University of Liverpool Computer Laboratory Bitnet/Earn: QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK or QQ11%UK.AC.LIVERPOOL @ UKACRL UUCP : ....!mcsun!ukc!liv!qq11 Voice: +44 51 794 3735 Internet : QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK or QQ11%LIVERPOOL.AC.UK @ NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
rwt@ohm.york.ac.uk (Richard Taylor) (10/16/90)
in article <90288.121112QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>, QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK says: > > I am currently involved in looking at possible editors for a Un*x service > in a research and teaching environment. The primary requirements are: > > o Full screen > o Must work on a wide variety of platforms > o Very useful if a version works on PC/MS-DOS > o Must work with industry standard terminals/emulations > o Must be easy to learn, especially for those with no computer background > o site licence arrangements reasonable > You might want to try emacs/micro-emacs, sources available for many platforms, pc, unix, mac.....
QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (10/17/90)
In article <90288.121112QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>, <QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> says: > >I am currently involved in looking at possible editors for a Un*x service >in a research and teaching environment. The primary requirements are: > >o Full screen >o Must work on a wide variety of platforms >o Very useful if a version works on PC/MS-DOS >o Must work with industry standard terminals/emulations >o Must be easy to learn, especially for those with no computer background >o site licence arrangements reasonable > >I would like to hear from those sites who may have moved to Un*x from >something fundamentally different, especially academic sites. Other >objective views would be appreciated as well. In addition, I would like >to hear from anyone who has done a comparative study of un*x editors. > ....and so on [ rest deleted ] Thanks for all the replies so far, it's going to be a long summary :-) Can some people who are using/have used a non-free version of EMACS _mail_ me and give me some impressions of the product(s) please? This would be very useful to go with comments about GNUemacs/micro-emacs/jove etc that I've received so far. Thanks. Alan Thew University of Liverpool Computer Laboratory Bitnet/Earn: QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK or QQ11%UK.AC.LIVERPOOL @ UKACRL UUCP : ....!mcsun!ukc!liv!qq11 Voice: +44 51 794 3735 Internet : QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK or QQ11%LIVERPOOL.AC.UK @ NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK