Greetings:
Since "Notepad" seems inexplicably slow and, in a word, lame,
we have some users who wanted an X-based text editor (I'm a vi man
myself but some refuse to see reason! :) )
The respondents recommended the following:
nedit -> available at ftp.fnal.gov in /pub/nedit
(they have binaries and source code)
xedit -> which does come with X11R5
xbrose -> no address given
and GNU Emacs 19.x -> no address given
I installed nedit and really like it. Xedit is indeed available on
Alpha's but it has a less "friendly" look and feel. nedit seems quite
customizable and is very fast. Since this was the overriding criteria,
it was declared the winner.
Thanks to the many respondents:
Rick Beebe <BEEBE_at_BIOMED.MED.YALE.EDU>
sherry_at_cpsacs.msu.edu
"Achim Bohnet" <ach_at_rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
Steger Barnabas <steger_at_inf.bme.hu>
choplin_at_delphi.phys.univ-tours.fr
Dave Newbold <phdmn_at_siva.bris.ac.uk>
nicolis_at_celfi.phys.univ-tours.fr
Peter Kaiser <kaiser_at_heron.ENET.dec.com>
cheers!
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Cary A. Talbot, Hydraulic Engineer US Army Corps of Engineers
ATTN: CEWES-HH-G Waterways Experiment Station
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
phone:(601)634-4286 fax:(601)634-4208 email:talbot_at_hl.wes.army.mil
Received on Wed May 24 1995 - 14:56:18 NZST