Choosing an Editor for VPL

Editor choices:
- Conventional UNIX editors - vi, emacs, pico, etc..
- CGI-based editors - functionality is embedded in browsers.
- Java-based editors - more flexible in functions.
We currently use a CGI-based editor:
- most of the “routine editing work” is done on client site - communicates with the server only for “saving” and “loading” of user files.
- uploading/downloading of files from/to client site user accounts is an essential function of such an editor.