Decent Unix Editors!! (one man's opinion, anyway)

[Cary Petterborg]

In article <846.280ca9ab at vger.nsu.edu> g_harrison at vger.nsu.edu (George C. Harrison, Norfolk State University) writes:

>	Does anyone know of a "decent" program (ascii) editor for Unix (SYS V REV.
>   4).  By "decent" I mean anything that is not vi or emacs or versions thereof!
>
>   I have heard that there is a VMS-like EVE editor, a WordStar-like editor, a
>   WordPerfice-like editor, etc. for Unix, but I haven't been able to trace them
>   to any FTP site or commercial product.
>
>   You may or may not suppose that I am a Unix fan, but I am sincerely interested
>   in some kind of SCREEN-ORIENTED editor for Unix (on the Amiga) that does not
>   fall into the vi/emacs like functionality (or non-functionality).

You appear to want a word processor program not a program editor.
If you want a word processor, emacs may not be your cup of tea.  Even
as a program editor you may not like emacs (I agree about vi).  But
DON'T say that emacs is not a decent program editor.  Emacs, by its
proven popularity is a decent program editor.  

	In an insane society the sane man must appear insane.

Unless the world is insane, you are wrong.  Maybe it is just your ignorance
about emacs that is the problem.  Are you really a professor?  A statement
as you made seems awfully narrow minded.

My $.02 worth.

Cary
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