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- From: rohit@NeoSoft.com (Rohit Mehrotra)
- Newsgroups: comp.editors
- Subject: Re: Brief (Borland editor)
- Message-ID: <Bxw9t1.Iuw@NeoSoft.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 04:29:18 GMT
- Article-I.D.: NeoSoft.Bxw9t1.Iuw
- References: <1992Nov17.172128.23199@cs.ucla.edu> <1992Nov17.232905.20859@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov17.232905.20859@news2.cis.umn.edu> wright@staff.tc.umn.edu (Mark Wright) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.172128.23199@cs.ucla.edu> wales@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) writes:
- >>
- >>I recently got an offer in the mail to buy Brief at a discount, but
- >>before taking it, I'd like to hear what others on the net have to say.
- >>
- >>(I use mainly VI right now, BTW. On my 386 at home, I use Elvis.)
- >
- > Seriously, Brief is probably the best editor around. I'm suprised that
- >with a PD unix Brief available (I think it's called Crisp) anyone is still
- >using VI. Unlike VI it's complexities only show up when you're doing complex
- >things.
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- CRISP is no longer a public domain software. The latest version of Crisp is
- 3.0+ and is being sold commercially. The commercial version of Crisp has left
- BRIEF far behind, both in terms of features and user interface.
-
- Rohit
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- Rohit Mehrotra
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