On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Chris Starling wrote:
> > Why would anyone want to use any editor other than vi?
>
> I'm almost done with the EMACS port. :)
>
>
> But seriously... I'm wanting to get my C skills back into shape. Can anyone
> think of a good program to port? Maybe "ed" wouldn't be such a bad start... or
> maybe some old games from Slackware's Y package...
>
Bcc. I think that its one of the things that needs porting the most. Why?
Here's why.
ELKS is shaping up quite nicely. We have a useable unixish system. But I
think that it needs certain things:
A C compiler.
A nice(ish) way to install it. (ie, distribution)
A decent text editor.
Networking.
Romability. (I think I just invented a new word! 8*)
More standard unix commands.
Protected mode stuff. (With Expanded memory support).
Some of these things will be difficult (if possible), but I think that
this is what we need to make it into a useable system. If people can use
the thing, then they are a lot more likely to work on it / test it.
Luke(Boo) Farrar.
