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- From: carlj@muppet.bt.co.uk (Carl)
- Newsgroups: comp.editors
- Subject: Sam (was Re: sam and cursor control)
- Message-ID: <1gpj37INNj6t@nemesis.muppet.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 10:00:07 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.133826.7789@alw.nih.gov>
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- In article 7789@alw.nih.gov, weisen@alw.nih.gov (Neil Weisenfeld) writes:
- +Bret Giddings (bret@muppet.bt.co.uk) wrote:
- +:
- +: Is there anyone out there who knows whether sam supports cursor control (and maybe
- +: page-up etc). Seems kinda unusable without.
- +:
- +: Bret
- +
- +Yes, an editor in which you have no control over the cursor would be
- +bad :-). Actually, if you are referring to controlling cursor movement
- +from the keyboard, then I think the answer is no: you have to use the
- +mouse.
- +
-
- From the documents that come with sam, it suggests that its the editor of choice
- in the plan9 team. Something I find difficult to believe if its being used
- to write code in. I tried using it for a while and gave up as its just too
- slow to use, I have to keep taking my hands off of the keyboard to move around
- the file and it doesnt seem to have tags. Is this an old version of sam thats
- missing functionality? Anyone out there using it in anger?
- Opinions/comments/views?
-
- Cheers,
- Carl "Militant VI user" Johnson
-