Editor recommendations?

[Iris Schaedler]

Hi,

> Suggest an editor that works like a good DOS editor, such as supports
> normal arrow/page/function keys properly rather than the limited one using
> only control sequences.  I've tried Joe but not even that works reliably; it
> says F1 for help and does nothing to do with help at all.

In joe you get help with ctrl + h.
Changing from Dos I found it quite easy to use. I haven't tried it, but
you can start joe in wordstar compatible mode. may be that could help
you.

Iris