Subject: default editor

From: [email-masked] (Jerry Hom)
Date: 8 Jul 94 06:37:38 GMT

I was just getting started on using Pine.  I notice that the
default editor is pico, but that there is an option for an
alternate editor.  However, is there any way to make the
default editor be 'emacs'?  Any info is appreciated.

Jerry
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Jerry

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From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 08:56:01 -0700 (PDT)

No, pico is very tightly coupled with Pine, especially for constructing the
headers, so a complete replacement is not practical.  Pine 3.90 will have an
option to automatically invoke your alternate editor for the body of the
message though. 

I suppose you could write a libpico.a replacement that invoked emacs...... ;)

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From: [email-masked] (Dan Ford)
Date: 10 Jul 1994 11:18:07 GMT

>option to automatically invoke your alternate editor for the body of the

I think this questions has been asked before, and perhaps answered, but 
what unix editor can I invoke on my host machine or download to it that 
will more closely resemble WordStar?

It has always been true that I have a tendency to use WordStar commands 
while writing email online, but now that the host has switched from 
clunky Eve to slicker Pico/Pine, I find that I now have a tendency to use 
Pine commands while in WordStar!

Plus I can't stand those long reaches to ctrl-@. Ctrl f, b, d, and h 
don't post any problem, but ctrl-c is bad (it's page down in WordStar) as 
is cntrl-x (I don't remember what that does in WordStar, but my fingers 
do, and that is the whole problem--a touch typist doesn't know what the 
fingers are doing; they just go ahead and do it!).
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            - Dan      <[email-masked]>

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From: "Robert A. Hayden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 13:05:27 +0100

> will more closely resemble WordStar?

Look for an editer called 'joe'.  It is a very small, but full-featured 
editor that uses wordstar bindings.

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