Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 13:45:12 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: hsu@clinet.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /stand/ee Message-ID: <199605170415.NAA09755@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605170101.EAA09562@cantina.clinet.fi> from "Heikki Suonsivu" at May 17, 96 04:01:43 am
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Heikki Suonsivu stands accused of saying:
>
> The point is not "how easy it is to learn", it is "how easy it is to use".
> People should not need to learn an editor to install an operating system,
> the editor needs to be obvious enough that it can be simply be used.
>
> The simplest possible job and the most important is to get out of the
> editor. In ee you need to type
>
> ctrl-c quit
>
> and it is not obvious from the initial screen.
You type <escape> and select it from the menu. This is the first thing
listed in the help region at the top of the screen.
> In pico you type
>
> ctrl-x
>
> and the instructions are in the bottom line.
I prefer pico's interface, yes. It's significantly more bulky though.
> If possible, the editor should at least use cursor movement commands of
> emacs, as that is what almost all unix programs use by default, if not vi
> commands (but vi is not the end-user's editor, that I can say for sure :).
> In ee all commands seem to be completely random, they aren't even wordstar
> ones but completely own.
Cursor movement should be performed by the cursor keys. That's what
they're for. ee does this OK.
> I think pico is the best solution for small editor which even end-users can
> use without problems, but your mileage may vary.
pico is not small. There are plenty of small editors out there; 'ee'
just got lucky.
> Heikki Suonsivu, T{ysikuu 10 C 83/02210 Espoo/FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi
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