From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 16 03:34:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA26079 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 03:34:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdev.blaze.net.au (sdev.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA26073 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 03:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (davidn@localhost) by sdev.blaze.net.au (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA27161; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:23 GMT Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:23 +0000 () From: David Nugent To: hmmm cc: Sean Kelly , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Easy editors In-Reply-To: <323A63E2.1156@alaska.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, hmmm wrote: >actually, i think the ultimate answer to this question is JOE. >it's a unix version of the infamous Qedit for DOS. >and it's even more powerful than vi/ed. Well, while you're there, you might also add jed - compiles and works nicely under FreeBSD too (although not in the Ports collection for some reason). It isn't exactly in the "easy" class of editors though - the default (and this can be changed) interface is more emacs like. But it is colour, sports syntax highlighting and folding (in the latest version) both in text mode (any vt100-like term is fine) and the x version as well. ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/{jed,slang,slrn,slsc}. David Nugent, Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~david