Thor Harald Johansen writes:
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> Is ELKS capable of displaying color ANSI graphics? I'm very interested in a
> more user friendly editor for this system. Compare with the MS-DOS Editor,
> for example. The first time I started 'vi' or 'ed', I didn't know what to
> type. The cursor keys seemed do produce some rather strange results, and it
> was impossible to Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+C yourself out of the program (add support for
> that to ELKS). When reading the manual page from Slackware, I found out you
> had to type a colon before a command, even adding lines. This is not a very
> efficient solution. I think the WordStar/MS-DOS Edit approach to it is much
> better. Could it be done in ELKS?
ELKS does support ANSI to some extent but it has not been heavily tested.
I can remember when I used to find vi awkward to use, but now I find all
other editors cumbersome and inelegant. Best not to get into a debate about
it here, but I remain firmly in the vi camp.
Al
