Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:11:39 -0800 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Keith Davey <kdavey@gus33.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie packages Message-ID: <39FDC7EB.725FA054@acuson.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010301137170.12908-100000@gus33.homeip.net>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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