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From: mud AT merlin DOT sedona DOT net (Justin Frankel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: [Q] textEditor of choice
Date: 9 Mar 1996 01:39:21 GMT
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Paul Mills (pmills AT capecod DOT net) wrote:
: In article <4hgnfn$kr4 AT news DOT service DOT uci DOT edu>,
:    beppu AT arcturus DOT oac DOT uci DOT edu (John Beppu) wrote:
: >
: >   I've been programming in dos for a little bit, and I had come to
: >   the decision that Qedit was about as good as it gets when it comes
: >   to DOS-based text-editors.  However, it seems that a lot of people
: >   love Emacs, and I'm unfamiliar with it, so I was hoping someone
: >   could tell me what is so wonderful about Emacs.

: Emacs is powerful and extensible -- and hard to use.  Try Boxer 
: (DOS-based,download from a Simtel* site), or PFE(windows, also from Simtel)

: * e.g. oak.oakland.edu

: Good luck,
: Paul

I'd have to say VI is the best. :)

Justin