From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 12 23:08:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA23807 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:08:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from thelab.hub.org (hal-ns3-08.netcom.ca [207.181.94.136]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA23802 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 23:08:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by thelab.hub.org (8.8.4/8.8.2) with SMTP id DAA14065; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 03:07:16 -0400 (AST) X-Authentication-Warning: thelab.hub.org: scrappy owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 03:07:16 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker To: proff@suburbia.net cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it really going to be /usr/bin/ee ? In-Reply-To: <19970113061700.13601.qmail@suburbia.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 13 Jan 1997 proff@suburbia.net wrote: > > > If the size of the editor is the problem, could the keyboard mappings > > > be copied from pico or emacs so that it would be in line with other > > > common software ? > > > > ee supports emacs-style keymaps already. Perhaps that should simply > > be the default? > > > > I've no great attachment to ee, it was simply the easiest-to-incorporate > > editor I'd found with its keymap selections on-screen at all times. > > > > Jordan > > > > What about joe? just change the rc to place the help on the screen > According to my system, ee == 57344 bytes, joe 188416...ee takes up 1/3 the space, and provides a brain-dead editor for newbies *shrug*