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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!netcom.com!tporczyk From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: Re: vi is a drag! Is there something else? Message-ID: <tporczykD9xDFz.I3C@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3r8jui$mv7@news1.best.com> Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 21:38:23 GMT Lines: 23 Sender: tporczyk@netcom5.netcom.com Etienne Finet <efinet@insist.com> writes: >Who knows a better editor for unix. This is a religious question. Also, you would have to first define the term "better." If you mean, "closer to DOS EDIT", then yes, pico would be your choice. If you ever want an editor that can do macros in any language, that is infinitely configurable and fast, give vi a try, and perhaps get the file: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tp/tporczyk/vi/vi.txt It's a vi cheat-sheet. >Is pico available? Yes, check: ftp://wcarchive.cdrom.com:/.3/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/mail/pine Make sure you read the message in the "ports" subdirectory. Tony