From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 09:38:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD2001065675 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:38:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thciobanu@nth.ro) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32F708FC1B for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcje9 with SMTP id je9so229256bkc.13 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:38:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nth.ro; s=ga; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=fDdAGiyD51sQNZlkBQx4Vku6PdCvqynQTrEJ20efxWY=; b=kOqIbVrX2MzZBwBRhyNIzO5Vibkn+tb7LAgP3m/uRKTFssw8olBkXU5Y0qcqtngvL0 eDVmXnZ7BedapNFHC/2kHpWoDBDCl/Z3sfKG4Ci4hXs9MIFPbxdzqPDNLbXSnPxpEpZ+ T5Gt2HRI73cOZwSQpvODPh+O8gtG1lkGmqrig= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=fDdAGiyD51sQNZlkBQx4Vku6PdCvqynQTrEJ20efxWY=; b=GlzeecT1z0w3i5cjoT/azNB6hLlza3FhPKawd2krjK1VO6yVSxkkf9si29gyETzS2w 7AZW6K8IopdoMDcf2KqJ9fxLcVYGMpobefZ5Y+W6ONBUViQVmIPKaw/+7MqfbBqPoY9L VdYMj0gwnDeLQ/V2N1MMOI2vrVKKZBCL7IL4Tcr6BiYgWuQBMn/IJ8EYOe9UJ+bNLXOB +7uOP3Jz/VM++QHxItju87dEwruAGwLsUqHoyrhxGMEWB4fJwvLbbIGcYKIHw3HiGoKU o9Yg0/+8Tas8lMLzW9aMrd/FhOjF5WO/FUrdd1Ed3AmvPsLSkF8MOLmwgUgv+ED17A+M WYEQ== Received: by 10.205.136.3 with SMTP id ii3mr480152bkc.101.1346233106768; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown ([86.121.79.151]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id he8sm14595708bkc.3.2012.08.29.02.38.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:37:32 +0300 From: Theodor-Iulian Ciobanu To: "Robin, Michael" Message-ID: <20120829123732.00006e3c@unknown> In-Reply-To: References: <0ac101cd856b$ef1220f0$cd3662d0$@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.8; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmJZF2HxBCvufN2YTNVXfhnAjHybels3zXjaZYjp9tj52DAJGorYPRQpNVgrGbXxb5MQROo Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: text editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:38:29 -0000 On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:41:52 +0000 "Robin, Michael" wrote: > What is VIM? Where could it be downloaded? > What is CLI? I am looking for GUI/command prompt text editor for > Windows 7/8. The notepad plus program lacks start/end block setting > option even though it have a lot of hot keys. You might want to check out SciTE as well (GUI editor). It's available from ports in editors/scite and the Windows version can be downloaded from: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html > My top priority is setting start/end block option which was available > for old DOS-based text editor, but I have not seen any window-based > text editor for this option. 16-bit DOS text editor program will not > run on 64-bit operating system. Please advise. Thank you. None of the current 64bit versions of Windows include NTVDM (the DOS emulator). > Michael > Programmer Analyst > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Devin Teske [mailto:devin.teske@fisglobal.com] On Behalf Of > dteske@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:25 PM > To: Robin, Michael; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: text editor > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robin, Michael > > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:10 PM > > To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > > Subject: text editor > > > > Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system > > On FreeBSD? > In the GUI? or on the CLI? > > > > with following > > features: > > * Support 100 percent of hot keys > > How many is that? If a program has programmable hot keys, would that > suffice? > > > > * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, > > moved or > deleted > > without requiring any mouse lock. > > It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined > > with > navigating > > key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. > > A challenge, no-doubt. > > > > * Support special ASCII characters > > > > Less of a challenge. Most editors are good about special ASCII > characters (the ones that don't are in the minority, imho). > > ... > > I'd honestly recommend vim (CLI) or gvim (GUI). > > NOTE: Assuming FreeBSD here.