Suggestions for a basic Un*x editor please.

[QQ11 at LIVERPOOL.AC.UK]

In article <90288.121112QQ11 at LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>, <QQ11 at LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> says:
>
>I am currently involved in looking at possible editors for a Un*x service
>in a research and teaching environment. The primary requirements are:
>
>o Full screen
>o Must work on a wide variety of platforms
>o Very useful if a version works on PC/MS-DOS
>o Must work with industry standard terminals/emulations
>o Must be easy to learn, especially for those with no computer background
>o site licence arrangements reasonable
>
>I would  like to hear from those sites who may have moved to  Un*x from
>something  fundamentally  different, especially academic sites.  Other
>objective views would  be appreciated as well. In addition, I would like
>to hear from anyone who has done a comparative study of un*x editors.
>
....and so on [ rest deleted ]

Thanks for all the replies so far, it's going to be a long summary :-)

Can some people who are using/have used a non-free version of EMACS _mail_ me
and give me some impressions of the product(s) please?

This would be very useful to go with comments about GNUemacs/micro-emacs/jove
etc that I've received so far.

Thanks.

Alan Thew
University of Liverpool Computer Laboratory
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