Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 10:20:54 +0300 (EET DST) From: Seppo Kallio <kallio@beeblebrox.cc.jyu.fi> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>, adrian@virginia.edu, p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: editors Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960524100858.15078D-100000@beeblebrox.cc.jyu.fi> In-Reply-To: <4680.832892298@time.cdrom.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 23 May 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > Perhaps it is not out of the question to add an option to vi that would put
> > this and a few other things on the bottom of the screen... a small addition
> > to vi would be smaller than any additional editor as far as source code
> > sizes go :-)
>
> Indeed, or even to hack on `ee' until it's closer to everyone's ideal.
> I'm not wedded to its current keymap, ya know. :-)
ee could be OK. I think most "hackers" use emacs, and novices goto emacs
sooner or later.
Help of ee is not good. I had problems how to exit from it!
The main tasks you must be able to do are:
Function pico emacs ee vi
exit+save C-x C-x C-c C-c exit ZZ *
delete line C-k C-k C-y dd *
delete characters Del Del Del (?) x *
add characters a a a a **
add lines a a a a **
a = just type it in (and use enter for new line - complicated for some
novices)
* = you must be in command mode
** = you must be in input mode
pico: all main commands all time on the screen
emacs: read the manual or help
ee: most main commands on the screen (exept exit+save)
vi: read the manual or help
Many pico commands same as in emacs, ee commands from
TurboPascal/WordStar ?
Seppo
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.960524100858.15078D-100000>