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Grex > Accordions > #86: Grex learns from the Well. Beta software available. | |
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srw
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Grex learns from the Well. Beta software available.
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Jun 10 19:11 UTC 1995 |
Due to the influx of people who were familiar with how picospan on the Well
accepted text, there was a period during which Grex appeared confusing,
because Grex's text collector does not do word wrap.
This prompted one of our unix wizards (No, not Marcus, Jan Wolter <janc>)
to implement a replacement collector with all the right stuff. It is
still in beta test, and has been discussed in an item in agora.
It will probably be discussed more in coop before it is ultimately adopted
as the standard for new users.
In the meantime, if you are interested and want to try it, type the
following at an OK or Respond or Pass prompt:
set edalways
define editor "/u/janc/gate"
This is all you need to do, and word wrapping will magically be available.
If you want to have this be your default, put these two lines in your
.cfonce file, and you won't have to repeat them when you log in each time.
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remmers
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response 1 of 10:
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Jun 11 11:52 UTC 1995 |
I have done this, and I approve of the result. My text now wraps
automatically. But I shall have to train myself not to type <return>
as that is my habit.
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brenner
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response 2 of 10:
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Jun 11 13:35 UTC 1995 |
Thou shall have no other marcuses before me.
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juls
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response 3 of 10:
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Jun 11 23:07 UTC 1995 |
That's our breener -- still on the barricades.
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srw
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response 4 of 10:
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Jun 12 08:07 UTC 1995 |
Well I didn't elevate Jan to a higher pedestal. I was just pointing out
that it was a *different* guru who provided this relief from the tedium
of having to remember when to hit <cr> and the bigger tedium of
reading endless lines from the unclued masses.
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mdw
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response 5 of 10:
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Jun 13 09:24 UTC 1995 |
Obviously, I'm regressing. I rather like "es".
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brenner
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response 6 of 10:
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Jun 17 05:43 UTC 1995 |
Power to the Pico
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orinoco
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response 7 of 10:
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Aug 24 18:05 UTC 1997 |
Revolt against the oppressive users of default text editors!
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font
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response 8 of 10:
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Aug 25 06:26 UTC 1997 |
Yeah, write your own.
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srw
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response 9 of 10:
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Sep 27 05:18 UTC 1997 |
Revolt, and you will be revolting.
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orinoco
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response 10 of 10:
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Sep 27 17:54 UTC 1997 |
Long live the glorious devolution!
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