Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:18:07 +1100 From: aunty <aunty@comcen.com.au> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The 3.4-STABLE sources contain 152225 trailing whitespaces :-) Message-ID: <20000120201807.E32295@comcen.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20000119001149.A24456@futuresouth.com> References: <200001181134.MAA45912@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> <kqpuuzy57w.fsf@cip12.melaten.rwth-aachen.de> <20000118112201.A44535@rtfm.net> <20000118122300.A18846@futuresouth.com> <20000119002857.B57016@hades.hell.gr> <20000119001149.A24456@futuresouth.com>
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 12:11:49AM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 12:28:57AM +0200, a little birdie told me
> that Giorgos Keramidas remarked
> >
> > Umm... well, did it occur to you that you might just be a bit (or a few
> > bytes) happier without using pico, instead of trying to patch it?
> >
> > I'll refrain myself from suggesting alternatives in a hopeless effort
> > to avoid starting a new editor flamewar.
>
> I personally would be a LOT happier without pico. Unfortunately, I'd
> like my friend to be productive in this code project we're working on, so
> for the time being (until I finish converting him and getting him
> comfortable with vi, the Supreme Good Editor) that means I have to give
> him pico. And some of this code is just useless to try and read with
> 8-char tabstops...
No problem. Just install the joe port and have him type 'jpico'
instead. He can use all the familiar keys, plus lots of extras, and you
get to edit a plain text .jpicorc to set whatever defaults instead of
wasting time fixing that which doesn't want to be fixed.
Recently I substituted jpico for pico, for a bunch of long term pico
novices. Few noticed, nobody complained, one started exploring macros.
(I hate jpico myself but it seems to meet certain needs.)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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