Editors

[Johnny Billquist]

Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at Update.UU.SE> wrote:
>>> >> A coworker still uses EDT, our boss jokingly said that we should give
>>> >> him a keyboard without the numpad, just to make him stop.
>> >
>> >   Lots of people "still" use EDT.  I'm not sure why one should feel  
>> > compelled to stop.
> 
> heh, I figured that "still uses" was the wrong phrasing to use on this 
> list  :)  

Probably.

> One reason to stop is that it only runs on VMS (at least I think so, and 
> I'm only counting modern systems here). The editor I use runs on VMS, 
> *nix and windows, which is nice. Still I have learned a few other 
> editors for systems that don't have my editor of choice installed.

Of course not. EDT runs just fine on both TOPS-20, RSX, RSTS/E and 
probably something else that I'm forgetting... What's your definition of 
"modern"? I think Unix is older than all of the above mentioned systems. :)

	Johnny

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