Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:13:44 +0930 From: Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is simplicity despised? WAS: What do we need in a FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <200208070144.g771idL39151@tierzero.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20020806044044.GA45553@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <00d301c23504$9bbe0c60$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <200208060414.g764EqL15834@tierzero.apana.org.au> <20020806044044.GA45553@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:10, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > If there's one thing that you need to learn early on, it's a good > editor. I did install le just to see what it was like. I think the > average user would find it harder to use than Emacs. You miss the point totally. Emacs in this context is a furfy. The point is that a standard FreeBSD install includes EDITOR=vi in its environment. My strong feeling is that if a person wants vi but has something simpler as the initial default, they are probably from a background which will enable them to change the environment very quickly. OTOH, a person who is totally mystified by vi might well also not have the knowledge to change that default. I am glad you have now looked at le. By all means change the default to nedit le or any other simpler more intuitive editor of your choice; but do not leave it as vi. IMHO emacs would be overkill, but YMMV. -- Regards, Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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