Re: Simple Unix Text Editor

alan@po.den.mmc.com (Alan Popiel) writes: : ->To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu : ->From: mac.avid.com!tlahey@avid.com (Tom Lahey) : ->Organization: Avid Technology, Inc. : ->Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1993 17:23:23 EST : ->Subject: Simple Unix Text Editor : -> : ->I am looking for a simple text editor that I can call from a 4gl program : ->that will : ->allow users to edit text documents. The only requirement is that it have : ->word wrap, and be available as a "C" source module so that I can compile it : ->for my host. : -> : ->Currently, I use EMACS but that's a little cryptic for my non-computer : ->literate users and it's LARGE. : -> : ->This program doesn't have to run from within Informix, I'll spawn a shell : ->and pass the editor a file name, let the user edit it and then process the : ->resulting text file back into my program. : -> : ->Any suggestions would be appreciated. : -> : ->------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -> % | : -> %/% | Tom Lahey E-mail: tlahey@avid.com : -> %/%/% | Systems Analyst Voice : 508.640.3036 : -> %/%/%/% | Avid Technology, Inc. FAX : 508.640.1505 : -> =/===/=/= | One Park West : -> %%%%%%%%%%% | Tewksbury, MA 01876 (Standard Disclaimers : ->Apply) : -> A - V - I - D | Caveat lector. : ->------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : This reply is NOT intended to restart the one-true-editor holy wars!! : Then I won't contribute to the war either but if Tom's users have got used to the modeless nature of Emacs, you could use mg, (MicroGnuEmacs). It loads fast, uses the same keystrokes as Emacs for the facilities it supports - which are the basic editing ones - and is what I use for my $DBEDIT and for those quick edits you sometimes have to make to system files. Regards Neil -- Neil Briscoe The Three Stages of Life: E-Mail: neil@salmon.demon.co.uk First, you believe in Father Christmas, nbriscoe@cix.compulink.co.uk Then you don't believe in Father Christmas, Tel: +44 252 376737 Fax: 376644 And then you are Father Christmas.