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From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
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Subject: Re: what are the plain GUI text editors that use the abbrev [as in
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>>>>> "Gary" == Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> writes:

Gary> several months ago i asked this list if there were any =easier= text
Gary> editors than vi[m] that had the abbrev ability.

GNU Emacs is easier for me than vim is.  And it has abbrev mode.

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