Found my favorite DOS editor

Guy Sotomayor ggs at shiresoft.com
Tue Sep 28 17:13:04 CDT 2021


On 9/28/21 3:02 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote:
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> On 9/28/2021 2:48 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
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>>> "I've been using vi for about two years, mostly because I can't 
>>> figure out
>>> how to exit it."
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>> :q
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>> you're welcome
>>
> Or having to power cycle the machine to get out of EMACS.

Why would you ever want to get out of EMACS?  ;-)

Editors I've used:

  * SOS (Son-Of-Stopgap) on TOPS-10
  * TECO-10 on TOPS-10
  * XEDIT on VM/370
  * EMACS

I only use VI if I absolutely must and always have issues with the modality.

-- 
TTFN - Guy



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