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an editor that doesn't require any esc or control keys to be used...



That could be true. If it were not for the escape to exit from insert mode, 
vi would have fit the bill. Cursor movements use the hjkl keys. 
On 15 Aug 2002 at 16:44, mike ledoux wrote:
> Indeed, but anything more than a line editor is certainly going to require
> at least some escape or control sequences to function.  I saw that you
> recommended pico, but that requires control sequences for cursor movement
> and simple file operations.
> 
> I agree that something more than a line editor would be nicer, but I
> don't think anything more than a line editor is going to fulfill the
> original requirements.

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