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To: Keith Davey <kdavey@gus33.homeip.net>
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Subject: Re: Newbie packages
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Keith Davey wrote:

> This could be a dificult list to construct.  There will be several
> opinions on what is best to do.  Give newbies a REAL TE like VI or Emacs
> (abid not easy to learn, but very effective)  Or do we give them "training
> wheels" like PICO or JED to start with and hope they outgrow it...

This is the big question, and I don't have an answer. We can tell the
newbie to learn vi, but if they "fall and skin their knees", they may go
back to Windows.

David


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