Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 15:03:16 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: jehamby@lightside.com, coredump@nervosa.com, winter@jurai.net, freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: editors Message-ID: <199605230533.PAA07386@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960522220142.26002B-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> from "Chuck Robey" at May 22, 96 10:04:19 pm
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Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > > In Chuck's defense, I would say "vi" too, but if you had a choice of an > > editor IN ADDITION TO vi, which would you pick? (remember it must fit on > > the boot floppy :-) I heard one vote for "joe" which is a decent editor, But it _doesn't_ have to fit on the *#&%%$% boot floppy. It wants to be statically linked on the root filesystem, and maybe live on the _fixit_ floppy. The criteria here is _ease_of_use_by_a_relative_newcomer_to_unix_. Nothing else is particularly significant. 'ee' and 'pico' are both good candidates; they put the important keystrokes on the screen where they can be easily seen. They are modeless (try explaining a modal editor to someone who's never used one before; they'll look at you like you're some kind of drooling lunatic, I assure you) and they don't require amazing finger gymnastics to use (yes, _I_ use emacs). If you're a seasoned unixhead who worships the sectors vi abides within, I bet you can edit root's .chsrc to change the value of EDITOR faster than I can say "twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun" (and I used to get my free burger every time). > I am talking about lowering the fear level for approaching FreeBSD. _YES_ > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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