Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 10:57:28 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: what are the plain GUI text editors that use the abbrev [as in vi]? Message-ID: <20111002175728.GA11552@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <86obxz1xso.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <20111001232128.GA27641@thought.org> <86obxz1xso.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:40:39AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:40:39 -0700 > From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com> > Subject: Re: what are the plain GUI text editors that use the abbrev [as in > vi]? > To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > >>>>> "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. I'm looking for a GUI editor that can be used by most people with little training. Somebody told me that one of the GUI editors have the abbreviation feature. [the only way i can use emacs is with xemacs and VILE! back to vi.] > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 > <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
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