Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!mordor!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!wanginst!infinet!rhorn From: rhorn@infinet.UUCP (Rob Horn) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: edt or vi? Message-ID: <598@infinet.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 22:22:44 EST Article-I.D.: infinet.598 Posted: Thu Dec 11 22:22:44 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 19:05:44 EST References: <241@tellab5.UUCP> <963@hdsvx1.UUCP> Reply-To: rhorn@infinet.UUCP (Rob Horn) Distribution: na Organization: Infinet, Inc. North Andover, MA Lines: 20 Summary: edt users preferred emacs to vi In article <241@tellab5.UUCP> etan@tellab3.UUCP (Nate Stelton) writes: > >I am a UNIX/vi user who was recently told about EDT (under VMS), and I would >like to solicit some comments. What I'm wondering is: > >1. Is EDT a superior text editor to vi? > I will avoid any attempt to answer superiority. Editors are a matter of personal taste, so you must try it yourself and decide. But, we recently moved some VMS/EDT users to a UNIX environment and they found it much easier to adapt to EMACS (Gnu) than to vi. They also decided that the available EDT emulation modes were not enough like EDT to be worth it. They bit the bullet and learned native emacs. -- Rob Horn UUCP: ...{decvax, seismo!harvard}!wanginst!infinet!rhorn Snail: Infinet, 40 High St., North Andover, MA