Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:56:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: shadows@whitefang.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easy editors Message-ID: <199609161756.KAA00289@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.960914215735.24754a-100000@broken.whitefang.com> from The ShadowS Know at "Sep 14, 96 10:00:08 pm"
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According to The ShadowS Know: > On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Henrik Johansson wrote: > > > I am used to DOS, and I would like to know if there are any EASY > > editors available for Freebsd? The DOS Edit program is so much easier > > to use than vi and emacs, which makes me wonder if the goal of Unix > > programmers has been to make things as insane and user-unfriendly as > > possible? What other reasons could there be? > > A very simple one. See with emacs and vi you can extend your editor to do > things that DOS edit would only dream off. Another thing I'd say alot of > the users of Unix are programmers themselves and use it for development. > Not all but alot. So Emacs and vi to them is more understandable from a > programmers point of view. There are easy editors as you call them. Like > XEdit pico and I'm sure a bunch of others. > > Word to the wise: If it takes longer to learn it, its usualy much more > rewarding. DOS edit might of been easy, but I'd rather spend a few years > discovering the beauty of emacs over time. > Good reply to valid points raised. My wife, among others, flames my system when she has to use vi to create a doc or send mail, etc. I'm wondering if there is any combo of X editor and mailer that I can set up for her to ``emulate'' the Mac that she is used to and loves/loved, or the PeeCee that she is using now. Bear in mind that this is a woman who has no interest in learning a new editor.... There is mh or xmh--yes?--that would be kind of push buttom. The main thing is an editor. gary PS: Agree that time invested in learning is seldom wasted... but, alas, the hacker|techno-nerd ethic isn't that common.
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