Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 08:04:23 +0300 (EET DST) From: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@clinet.fi> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: hsu@clinet.fi (Heikki Suonsivu), jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /stand/ee Message-ID: <199605170504.IAA26098@katiska.clinet.fi> In-Reply-To: <199605170415.NAA09755@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <199605170101.EAA09562@cantina.clinet.fi> <199605170415.NAA09755@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
Michael Smith writes:
> You type <escape> and select it from the menu. This is the first thing
> listed in the help region at the top of the screen.
Really, take a random computer user and try it on him (the less (s)he has
used computers the better). It is worth taking the best available
solution, particularly when a utility which will be used very often is
selected.
> pico is not small. There are plenty of small editors out there; 'ee'
> just got lucky.
Reality check, please:
hsu@cantina.clinet.fi Fri 12: size /usr/bin/ee
text data bss dec hex
57344 4096 0 61440 f000
hsu@cantina.clinet.fi Fri 13: which pico
/usr/local/bin/pico
hsu@cantina.clinet.fi Fri 14: size /usr/local/bin/pico
text data bss dec hex
8192 4096 0 12288 3000
hsu@cantina.clinet.fi Fri 15: ls -l /usr/bin/ee /usr/local/bin/pico
-r-xr-xr-x 2 bin bin 61440 May 16 10:15 /usr/bin/ee
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 12288 Apr 4 13:21 /usr/local/bin/pico
Pico is significantly smaller!
--
Heikki Suonsivu, T{ysikuu 10 C 83/02210 Espoo/FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi
mobile +358-40-5519679 work +358-0-4375360 fax -4555276 home -8031121
help
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199605170504.IAA26098>