Re: Needed: SIMPLE editor for users

Path: emory!ogicse!sequent!muncher.sequent.com!lugnut From: lugnut@sequent.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.large,comp.unix.admin,gnu.emacs.help,comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1991Oct15.163543.24169@sequent.com> Date: 15 Oct 91 16:35:43 GMT References: <1991Oct14.203905.18311@wvus.org> Sender: news@sequent.com (News on Muncher) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Posted: Tue Oct 15 09:35:43 1991 In article <1991Oct14.203905.18311@wvus.org> pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory) writes: >Hi - we need a *really* simple editor for use by end-users. reason: we >need to give a user an interface to enter data into a database blob (the >amount is about 5-25 lines on a screen). > >'vi' is out of the question - way too complicated for an end-user. >'emacs' might be okay if someone has put together a really simple interface. >'cat' is a little too crude. > >Anecdotes, ideas, source code - all appreciated. > >Pete Gregory, UNIX SA | pete@wvus.org R 2 4 >World Vision U.S. | elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!wvus!pete |_|_| >919 W. Huntington Dr. | Voice: 818.357.1111 x3347 | | | >Monrovia, CA 91016 | FAX: 818.303.6212 1 3 5 Brock Contol systems inc (atlanta GA) has a telemonkey package as part of it they have a "simple screen editor" {primal scream editor} :-) I don't know if you'ld be able to con them out of that source though. You may wish to try using an input array and all the indigenous Informix editing abilities and read that into your blob file. Don "Crude, but we are talking users here right? :-)" Bolton