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

[Jerry Feldman]

This is getting to be like a religious discussion. Frank is coming into Linux from an AS400, and the terminal interface limits the character set, like it or not. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9