From:	Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Win32 IDE for DJGPP / What IDE are you using?
Date:	30 Jun 2000 18:30:34 -0700
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Leon AT caresystems DOT com DOT au writes:

> On 29 Jun 2000, at 15:01, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
> 
> > It's a line editor standard on Unix, once very
> 
> pardon my stupidity - but what is a line editor?!

It edits a line at a time, using a command-line style interface.  You
type a command, like "i" for insert characters or "d" for delete line,
and then it shows you what the line now looks like.  You have to
explicitly tell it when you want to edit a different line, and of
course you don't get to see more than one line at a time (normally).

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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu

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