Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 20:56:48 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Editors in base FBSD Message-ID: <20020107015648.GB28691@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020107113641.C68856@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20020107102311.G45844@wantadilla.lemis.com> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEJFCLAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <20020107113641.C68856@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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in message <20020107113641.C68856@wantadilla.lemis.com>, wrote Greg Lehey thusly... > > On Sunday, 6 January 2002 at 19:45:02 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: ... > > What I am looking for is a full featured editor like ISPF edit on > > IBM MVS systems or it's clone PC ISPF EDIT for mswindows? > > ISPF is not a full-featured editor. > > It really looks to me like you want to use exactly the environment > you're used to, not the environment which would be most suitable. let me put my us 2 cents worth ... for three years i used the ispf editor on os/390. and every time i had edited a file, i longed for vi. editing on a machine (local pc) other than where files were located (mainframe) was more time consuming, even if i would get to use my favourite editor, than using the ispf and cursing it. just my opinion. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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