what are the plain GUI text editors that use the abbrev [as in
vi]?
Thomas Dickey
dickey at radix.net
Sun Oct 2 20:18:49 UTC 2011
On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 10:57:28AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:40:39AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:40:39 -0700
> > From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn at stonehenge.com>
> > Subject: Re: what are the plain GUI text editors that use the abbrev [as in
> > vi]?
> > To: Gary Kline <kline at thought.org>
> > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG>
> >
> > >>>>> "Gary" == Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> writes:
> >
> > Gary> several months ago i asked this list if there were any =easier= text
> > Gary> editors than vi[m] that had the abbrev ability.
> >
> > GNU Emacs is easier for me than vim is. And it has abbrev mode.
>
>
> I'm looking for a GUI editor that can be used by most
> people with little training. Somebody told me that one of
> the GUI editors have the abbreviation feature.
>
> [the only way i can use emacs is with xemacs and VILE!
> back to vi.]
vile has abbreviate...
"abbreviate"
or "show-abbreviations"
( establish shorthand for another string, or show all abbreviations )
--
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
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