Re: SEU versus vi and Vim

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Evans Winner <EWinner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The interface of SEU is similar to these editors, but as far
as I know, SEU cannot be extended with Rexx. What I'd
really like to know -- and it's a serious question -- is why
not? I think it's a shame that there is no native green-screen
editor for the i that you can customize like Xedit (or Emacs,
for that matter). Maybe it puts too much power in the hands
of the users (a motive I could ascribe to IBM, and few others)
or maybe they think writing editor code to make your work
more efficient is a waste of time. I don't know.

Frankly, I don't think there was much worry that users would have too
much power. I think it was just that there was no need. Before I was
exposed to ILE, I can honestly say I didn't feel very constrained by
SEU. It actually felt just about right for what I was doing (RPG/400
and CL). By no means was I an AS/400 fan; in fact I found the system
limiting and annoying overall. SEU was one of the few bright spots at
the time!

John