Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 19:27:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Jirsa <jeff@unixconsults.com> To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is simplicity despised? WAS: What do we need in a FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <20020806192425.K93310-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208062215420.7340-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, John Bleichert wrote: > On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Brian Astill wrote: > > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 21:47, John Bleichert wrote: > > > Nobody will ever convince me there's a better wm-agnostic editor than > > > nedit for a new user. > > > > I have heard good reports about nedit from people using many platforms. > > (memo to self: MUST try nedit) > > > > > Also, does anybody really want the FreeBSD installer changed? Maybe the > > > addition of an 'instant-workstation' install would be ok, but in my IMHO > > > /stand/sysinstall is the best installer out there. > > > > No. you miss the point here. Instant Workstation is an option in > > /stand/sysinstall. What we are arguing about is the default editor in that > > install. At the moment it is EDITOR=vi. I think something simpler is called > > for. > > Ah. nedit is an X editor so it might be inappropriate for $EDITOR. I dunno > what would be best for a terminal editor. I love vi, but it *is* rather > arcane hehe... maybe pico? At least with pico the commands are on the > bottom of the window by default. License may be an issue. > Pico has the UW license, and it isn't even in the base system. Try ee. It has the commands at the bottom for beginners and is already in the base system. - Jeff -- Jeff Jirsa jeff@unixconsults.com -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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