I have seen a lot of GUI editors that have a Brief emulation. But they are GUI editors. Brief like vi is a command line editor. I am reticent to say too much for fear of starting the argument to end all arguments. Command line vs GUI. Now I've probably started an argument about whether this is the argument to end all arguments. That argument is probably "C" vs assembler or Java vs C++. Oh no, what have I said. I was thinking Brief would make a good command line editor for Linux. Not that vi is not sufficient. Just trying to head that argument off as well. Steve - skating on very thin ice. -----Original Message----- From: Ted Richard Williams To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Re: MChip F___ Up! >JBuilder has a Brief mode. (Too bad they don't have a vi mode:) > >On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Steve Ridley wrote: > >> I don't want to fan this fire but since we have raised the topic of Borland >> dropping products. Does anybody know whatever happened to Brief the editor. >> Originally by Underware, subsequently bought by Borland then shelved. As far >> as I know. >> >> Steve >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Creagan >> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 8:09 AM >> Subject: [OT] Re: MChip F___ Up! >> >> >> >Depends on which source you are talking about. Many things >> >don't transfer. Borland libraries (the infamous T series) >> >are examples. Much of what doesn't come across is due to >> >upgrading to ANSI and not keeping the pseudo-Borland >> >standards. However, much is just dropped. >> > >> >If you wrote to ANSI standards, then you were probably OK - >> >there are exceptions. If you used Borland specific >> >libraries, you have a bit of recoding to do. >> > >> >Dan >> > >> >>>BTW, what products have they abandoned? I'm guessing that >> >you're >> >>>referring to their Turbo products? >> >> >> >>Which happen to have been replaced by Borland products that >> >accept the same >> >>source code just fine... >> >> >> > >> >