Last time I used MicroEmacs (which is a long time ago) it did not
preserve file mode, owner or group (it created a new file when
saving).  By default Pico will wrap long lines.

I'd like an editor that does not cause such problems (e.g. vi does
all of that right -- I believe our vi also understands cursor keys).

I guess jove could be one alternative as well?

+ Kim


tv@pobox.com (Todd Vierling) writes:

| On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Ted Lemon wrote:
| 
| : Is this the result of you reading User Friendly today?   :')
| : What's wrong with pico?
| 
| arm32:
| 
| -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   16384 Dec 10 17:18 /usr/pkg/bin/pico*
| -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  295311 Dec 10 17:18 /usr/pkg/lib/libpico.so.3.0
| 
| That's somewhat large for a base OS program, so if we can help it, we should
| try for something smaller.
| 
| Though the source-code is *ugly*, joe is much smaller, and supports pico
| (and other) keystroke emulation modes.
| 
| -- 
| -- Todd Vierling (tv@pobox.com)
| 
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Kimmo Suominen