Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 11:31:14 +0100
From: Thomas Eifert <EIFERT AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: Editor of choice
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Reply-To: eifert AT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Organization: Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen

> NIGEL  HUGHES (ngh94 AT aber DOT ac DOT uk) wrote:
> : Dear All,
> :   Having only had a PC for 2 days, and finding the standard editor a
> : pile of pants, I was just wondering which editors people like to use with
> : djgpp. Oh and where do you get it [oooer] ?
> 
>   Vi naturally. The best, most versatile, smallest (considering what it can do)
> editor ever.  You can get it on nearly every major site.
> 

vi has the advantage of running on all UNIXes (emacs as well, I know, but
not as standard) AND exists for DOS and OS/2, so if  You care for
having a similar environment wherever You are, vi may be a good choice.

(when I switched to UNIX in my office, it didn't take long and several
DOS files contained strange things like ":q" - that was the moment I
went to get elvis (a rather good vi-clone for DOS and OS/2) on my PCs ;-))

Thomas Eifert