On 26 Mar 2010 08:41:22 -0700, john.mck...@healthmarkets.com (McKown,
John) wrote:

>If UNIX is a plague, then what is Windows? <grin/> And I still do a lot on 
>Linux work from 
>the command line. But I agree that native TSO is for masochists. I just wish 
>that there was 
>a Linux editor which combines what I like in gvim, ISPF edit, and Xedit. Which 
>would 
>basically be an ISPF editor with GUI and regular expressions for find, change, 
>and exclude. 
>Oh, and a "macro" language of some sort (REXXish or Perl-ish) as well as user 
>controllable 
>syntax highlighting like gvim's. So maybe a gvim with "line commands" (and a 
>"line command" 
>area on each line) is closer to what I would like.

I find some editing I prefer on ISPF edit.   It's record oriented
which can sometimes be an advantage.

That said, are you aware that Ultra-Edit (http://www.ultraedit.com/)
now has a Linux version?

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