Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!linus!philabs!ttidca!kevin From: kevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.editors Subject: Re: wanted: very simple screen editor Message-ID: <1484@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 01:04:19 EST Article-I.D.: ttidca.1484 Posted: Sat Nov 21 01:04:19 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Nov-87 04:30:58 EST References: <296@ginger.UUCP> <6698@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: kevin@ttidcb.UUCP (Kevin Carothers) Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica (...Surfin' USA) Lines: 32 Xref: mnetor comp.sources.wanted:2903 comp.editors:27 >In article <296@ginger.UUCP> mhb@ukfca1.UUCP () writes: >-Does anyone know of a VERY VERY SIMPLE screen editor for dumb terminals. And Doug Gwyn writes: (gwyn@brl.arpa) >Use EMACS with its keys bound to the desired commands and other command >keystrokes bound to something innocuous such as ring-bell. (...) Well, sounds like a potential problem if more than three or four people start using EMACS, and other memory-bound processes are going on also. Remember that EMACS, even in it's simplest executable state (no windows, no multiple file opens, etc...) is a *HUGE* muhonga (about a quarter mbyte?). I don't know what the intent is in the systems design, but if a simple forward-backward type browse is needed, with "marks" and simple selective writes, maybe the "less" pager posted a couple of weeks ago (sorry - forgot the newsgroup) would be sufficient? PS --- Can the original poster be more specific on the exact terminal? EMACS doesn't work very well on some dumb (ie; no cursor-positioning) terminals...Never did get it to work on some ADDS, and Lear-Siegler models. Kevin !{csun,rdlvax,trwrb,psivax}!ttidca!kevin