With the level of (pure) editing power that is out there in the world, I prefer not to use XEDIT anymore either. I also came from that environment which then turned into TSO/ISPF. The beginning of this last project has me using one of the 'pads' and I guess I'm spoiled. In fact, the vendor scripts I'm running convert input files because they expect you may be using a DOS editor.
I do need to say that emacs actually does everything I ask of it but I did notice a spike in cpu usage when I'm editing a large text file. (In my case it was something close to 30-40% which seemed quite high since I was the only one the system. However this may be because I'm running Linux on a VM/Guest and I need to go beg the VM sysprog for a bigger slice...I don't know). This is another concern and makes me wonder if I need to offload this function to the linux desktops somehow. I think my main point is that I would like to use the power of the linux desktop to do the editing and use the VM/Linux guest as a file server. It sounds like NFS is made to order in this case. I'm a newbie so I'm bound to make some ignorant statements but I'm a good learner so I won't do it again [fo sho]. much thanks ----- Original Message ---- From: Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 9, 2007 5:04:35 AM Subject: Re: What is vnc I use various NFS clients against Linux content all the time. One of interest is the CMS NFS client, which allows use of XEDIT on Linux files. Sweet! But be careful about dissing EMACS. It really is more than an editor. It's really a LISP engine disguised as an editor. (EMACS could be taught to speak 3270, if anyone took the time to train it on the UTSGlobal "tube" driver.) Actually, be careful dissing any editor because the whole thing tends to wax religious, as you've seen. [unpaid endorsement spoken by someone who is NOT an EMACS fan] -- R; Warren Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> 03/08/2007 08:17 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> From Warren Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: What is vnc due to the uniqueness of our work, an IDE is probably not worth the expenditure and if I hear one more reference to vi I"m going to croak. These editors are far too weak to be considered for any type of serious work. even emacs is too weak to accomplish the task. we have a small number of users and currently most have linux workstations available to them. I like the NFS export idea. The files need to live on the server and if that will allow me to use what's on the linux desktop to edit what's on the server database then I'd be quite pleased. I'll just need to learn what this file sharing is all about. thanks ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2007 4:58:21 PM Subject: Re: What is vnc >>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2007 at 5:57 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warren Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For my RHEL4 on a VM guest, all I can see is using emacs through putty to do > our editing. (we are a heavy editing environment). I have managed to used > gedit from a linux desktop but that was somewhat painful and now refuses to > work at all (but I don't really miss its instability). Am I stuck with putty > and emacs? There are probably more editors available for Linux than just about anything else. (I think Debian packages 42 of them, or some such large number.) There are the vi clones, such as vim or elvis. Then there's jed, joe, THE (can be made to look like XEDIT), and probably many more besides. If, by "heavy editing environment" you mean a software development shop, you may want to look into some of the various IDEs that are available. Myself, I would tend to go with a Linux desktop and mounting an NFS export from the system where the files need to live. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
