[Coco] Would anyone like some snow?

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 10 February 2010, Steven Hirsch wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Gene Heskett wrote:

>> On Wednesday 10 February 2010, Steven Hirsch wrote:

>>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Gene Heskett wrote:

>>>>> On a coco-related note, what's the best word processor for the Coco

>>>>> 2?  VIP?  I was wondering if anything existed that was better.

>>>>

>>>> Whatever works, Aaron.  I used xed/xprint for a while, but I've been

>>>> using the tsedit patch called vi for what seems like forever.  But with

>>>> recent versions of nitros9 grabbing that as a device name, I've had to

>>>> rename it, including internally, to "ed", so history has come full

>>>> circle.

>>>

>>> On that subject, where can I find a reference for that patched tsedit? 

>>> It certainly understands a few vi commands, but there are many common

>>> ones that do not seem to be implemented.  For example:  scroll up or

>>> down one screen at a time - how?  Mark and cut a block of lines by

>>> marking them?

>>>

>>> Steve

>>

>> AFAIK, there never was a real set of docs for it that I ever came across.

>>  So those aren't there.  What it does do, it does well though.

>

>Have you found page-up and page-down?  Those I miss.

>

Seems like I faintly recall that as being the shifted arrow keys on the 3's 
keyboard (I think & my good book is about 4" down in this midden heap.)

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