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- From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams)
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- Subject: Re: good vi editor for the mac
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- Date: 7 Sep 92 14:13:28 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.163234.20799@Synopsys.Com> <1992Sep4.192444.24921@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> <1992Sep5.221526.10841@uc.msc.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep4.192444.24921@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> Tom Pollard,
- pollard@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu writes:
- >If you're just looking for a good editor that you can use directly on
- text
- >files, I would strongly suggest you look at the excellent shareware
- editor,
- >Alpha (now in version 5.0). It is quite powerful, extensible, and
- flexible.
- >You can redefine the key bindings, for instance, and write much more
- >interesting macros than in vi.
-
- Yes, speaking of Alpha and such, anybody know how to change the default
- text editor that's suggested for text files with unknown creators? I
- mean the editor that's specified in the message that ends "... would you
- like to open it with TeachText?" How can I change that from TeachText to
- (say) Alpha?
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