17 Jan
1999
17 Jan
'99
8:21 a.m.
Bill Pechter wrote:
>
> > The only mail program I can use in terminal mode with my ISP is PINE.
> > I despise it, especially the fewkin editor, PICO, (sumbitch won't let
> > me use vi to edit messages). I'm scheduled to get a cablemodem
> > installed in three weeks, when _I_ start making those decisions (and
> > maybe get a decent newsfeed -- an even bigger gripe I've got with my
> > ISP). (Hell, even with Tandy Xenix 15+ years ago, I could set my
> > editor for mail's ~v command -- never had to, since vi was my
> > preferred editor then and now).
I would just write a script or upload my own mail reader.
Right now I do all my stuff telnet-ed in to my home machine where I've got
elm.
The only editor I'd consider using besides vi is edt, or the perhaps more
classic jed's wordstar emulation.
Bill