From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 12 20:44:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA00389 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mother.sneaker.net.au (akm@mother.sneaker.net.au [203.30.3.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA00382; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:44:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from akm@localhost) by mother.sneaker.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA17432; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 13:52:34 GMT From: Andrew Kenneth Milton Message-Id: <199709131352.NAA17432@mother.sneaker.net.au> Subject: Re: ATTN Emacs users; new Zile release To: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG (Jonathan M. Bresler) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 13:52:33 +0000 () Cc: jamie@itribe.net, aledm@routers.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199709121602.JAA13216@hub.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Sep 12, 97 09:02:58 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Anyone out there use jove? It's a lightweight emacs clone, without the lisp compiler. Comes with an interactive tutorial. I use it when I don't have X access or when I want to make a quick edit. It might be possible to alter jove to suit the FreeBSD requirements (whatever they might be) rather than re-invent several wheels. So far I can see a) Needs a help window displaying the common keybindings b) Needs to be small c) Shouldn't be as modal as vi without starting an editor jihad, we should probably determine what the requirements are for the editor in general terms. -- ,-_|\ SneakerNet | Andrew Milton | GSM: +61(41)6 022 411 / \ P.O. Box 154 | akm@sneaker.net.au | Fax: +61(2) 9746 8233 \_,-._/ N Strathfield +--+----------------------+---+ Ph: +61(2) 9746 8233 v NSW 2137 | Low cost Internet Solutions |