On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 10:57:28AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:40:39AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:40:39 -0700 > > From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <mer...@stonehenge.com> > > Subject: Re: what are the plain GUI text editors that use the abbrev [as in > > vi]? > > To: Gary Kline <kl...@thought.org> > > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > > >>>>> "Gary" == Gary Kline <kl...@thought.org> writes: > > > > Gary> several months ago i asked this list if there were any =easier= text > > Gary> editors than vi[m] that had the abbrev ability. > > > > GNU Emacs is easier for me than vim is. And it has abbrev mode. > > > I'm looking for a GUI editor that can be used by most > people with little training. Somebody told me that one of > the GUI editors have the abbreviation feature. > > [the only way i can use emacs is with xemacs and VILE! > back to vi.]
vile has abbreviate... "abbreviate" or "show-abbreviations" ( establish shorthand for another string, or show all abbreviations ) -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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