"Dennis Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >> The process of using vi to edit files in UNIX is just terrible.
> >> Has been for years.
> >
> > Well, it turns out that my editor (ved) is easier to learn
> > by people who have problems with the difference between command
> > and insert mode.
> >
> > This has been verified by experimenting with complete computer
> > novices ;-)
> >
>
> where is ved ?

Source: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ved/alpha/
Binary: Blastwave packet ved

> Is it anything like the edlin editor that what in OS/2 ?

It is between vi and emacs

> I would love to get the source code to that thing.  If you were writing C
> source then it would automatically fill in all the K&R structures for you on
> the fly.  It was a little bit of a surprise the first time I started an if
> clause.  I started to type "if ( " and by the time I finished the space
> after the "(" the OS/2 editor filled in the options as well as an "else" and
> all the braces with indentation etc etc.  It did similar things with Fortran
> source.

Ved is written cleanly and may be extended easily....

Jörg

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