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- From: djd@csg.cs.reading.ac.uk (David J Dawkins)
- Newsgroups: comp.editors
- Subject: Re: Anyone use SAM?
- Message-ID: <djd.721567210@reading>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 11:20:10 GMT
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- pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
-
- >Stephen J Bevan (bevan@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote:
- >: In article <OZ.92Nov6170912@ursa.sis.yorku.ca> oz@ursa.sis.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes:
- >:
- >(1) It's small
- >(2) It's fast
- >(3) It has an orthogonal command structure
- >(4) It does what I want it to do, without the need for me to write
- > a pile of silly macros or Lisp functions.
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- >Before I started using Sam I was a dedicated vi addict -- I still use vi for
- >editing mail and so on, but for _writing_ on Unix boxes sam is the most
- >transparent tool I've ever come across.
-
- OK-OK-OK-OK. ok. You've sold it to me.
-
- Where can I get it?
- Will it compile and run under Un*x or do I need Plan-9?
-
- -dave "Always wanting a better editor"
-
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