khwang@polyslo.UUCP (Kailan Hwang) (05/07/88)
Is there a WP or Wordstar like word processor on the unix ? If yes, please let me know. If not, how can anyone tolerate VI?
wsmith@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu (05/08/88)
> If not, how can anyone tolerate VI?
This is not talk.politics.misc, talk.origins or talk.abortion.
There is no need to post inflammatory remarks. VI and Emacs are two
common alternatives for text editing in Unix. Each has its advantages and I
don't need to list them all. Emacs is very powerful and has a windowing
facility to allow multiple files to be edited. VI is much more friendly
to a touch typist than Emacs because it is rarely necessary to leave the
letter keys except for escape. With a good keyboard and a person familiar
with most of the features of Vi, one can be very productive.
Keep the flames to talk.abortion and we'll all be happier.
Bill Smith wsmith@a.cs.uiuc.edu ihnp4!uiucdcs!wsmithcarroll@snail.CS.UIUC.EDU (05/08/88)
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If not, how can anyone tolerate VI?
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Lack of choice. It's a lot better than "ed", or "cat".
Alan M. Carroll amc@woodshop.cs.uiuc.edu carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu
Grad Student (TA) / U of Ill - Urbana ...{ihnp4,convex}!uiucdcs!woodshop!amc
"Too many fools who don't think twice
Too many ways to pay the price" - AP & EWschwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) (05/09/88)
In article <10000006@snail> carroll@snail.CS.UIUC.EDU writes: >>If not, how can anyone tolerate VI? >Lack of choice. It's a lot better than "ed", or "cat". Here is an anecdote for y'all. I know someone who is one of two users on a Sun 4. His editor of choice is ed, even though vi and emacs are available. It does what he wants, as fast as he wants. To each his own, I always say. -- Scott Schwartz schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu schwartz@psuvaxg.bitnet
hin@tnoibbc.UUCP (Hin Oey) (11/03/88)
L.S. At present we are looking in the capabilities of HyperText programs for low end distributions. In the scope of this research we want to develop a simple editor for indicating the hypertext-words and the related links. This editor should be used by the experts on regulations, and not computer experts. In addition we want to develop a generator/converter, which translates the edited text in the format of an hypertext program like KnowledgePro. Now we are looking for an existing editor for which we want to change the source code. Any ideas ??? Regards, Hin Oey -- Institute TNO for Building Materials and Structures (TNO-IBBC) Hin Oey PO BOX 49 USENET: hin@tnoibbc 2600 AA Delft VOICE : +31 15 606435 The Netherlands