2) An option in rio to automatically open a new window 3) A window switching program for rio (think alt+tab in Windows)
For this particular case it's probably better to ditch rio completely and write something dedicated to the task at hand.
As for editors, all you need is ed(1). And believe me, it works. I've used it many times to "blind"ly edit config files over bodged up tty links.
--lyndon
