Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!decvax!wanginst!ucadmus!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA From: cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Rand Editor Message-ID: <8035@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 13:15:12 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8035 Posted: Tue Feb 5 13:15:12 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 04:48:25 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 27 /* > Has anyone heard of the 'Rand' editor? I found it on a > Perkin-Elmer 3210 running under UNIX-7 (Bourne and C-shell). > Where did the Rand editor originate and who supports it? > Is it from Perkin-Elmer? It seems to be much more user-friendly > than vi. It seems to be a page editor which draws windows, > can display several files simultaneously, tells you at all > times what is going on, and many other neat things. > By the way, everyone on that system prefers the Rand editor > over vi, except for the systems administrator. And he insists > on pronouncing vi like 'vye' instead of 'vee-eye'. (His previous job > was with Control Data.) > Any comments? > > Bernd Riechelmann (Not affiliated with U.C. San Diego) > UUCP: ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371, ARPA: sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371@nosc VI is much more capable than RE. The keys all have mnemonic names, d for delete, w for word, i for insert, etc. I don't know how the keystrokes for RE were developed. RE is simple to learn tho. VI is more complex & powerful, and sometimes confusing. VI includes macros, repeat the last cmd that changed the text, undo same, multiple delete/yank buffers & markers, regular expressions, & shell escapes. RE does multiple windows and cursor defined open/close which is nice. VI is pronounced `vee-eye' as noted in `An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi' by William Joy. Nuff said! */