Subject: Re: DOS editor (really) (fwd)
To: None <claude.marinier@dreo.dnd.ca>
From: Ben Collver <collver@softhome.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/17/2000 09:11:35
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 12:25:09PM -0500, Claude Marinier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Please excuse the generic nature of this question. I hope that one of you
> can help me.
> 
> I am helping a scientist migrate from VMS to Solaris/SPARC. He writes in
> Fortran and is most familiar with the old Lahey compiler for DOS and the
> DOS editor. He would prefer to use a similar editor on the Solaris system.
> 
> I have checked out the packages and found jed and joe (ne does not seem
> simple enough). I have also spend a lot of time with Altavista and found
> nothing appropriate (on a side note, Jext may be worth a closer look for
> other uses).
> 
> He will be 'playing' with Pico and the two I just found. All he wants is
> the old DOS editor.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Claude Marinier, Information Technology Group    claude.marinier@dreo.dnd.ca 
> Defence Research Establishment Ottawa (DREO)    (613) 998-4901  FAX 998-2675
> 3701 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0Z4         http://www.dreo.dnd.ca

You might try installing Midnight Commander (sysutils/mc in NetBSD) and
using mcedit.  It looks similar to the MS-DOS Editor and has a few key
bindings in common, but it's not 100% the same.

Ben
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