Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor?

Re:Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor? by johng on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:32PM (#33715197)

I believe the old DOS editor edit.com had this built in. If you went into insert mode.... actually.

I think even notepad has it actually, in insert mode. I can't imagine that Linux doesn't have something similar.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor? by themodelplumber on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:40PM (#33715278)

That's odd, I just tried Notepad.exe in Wine and couldn't get Insert/Overwrite mode to work at all. Notepad++ has that mode, and it worked, but I can't find a way to use free cursor placement with it. LMK if you know fixes/workarounds for these.

You reminded me, I think pedit or one of the old DOS editors I used earlier this year had that now that you mention it. But better desktop integration would be needed in this case anyway...

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Re:Ask HN: Is there an editor with insert mode and free cursor? by johng on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:42PM (#33715292)

I haven't needed it in so long but I remember doing ANSI and ASCII artwork in many of the editors and believe they had it too :) Ahhh, memories. ACiDDraw for example.....

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