From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 23 06:18:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA11346 for current-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 06:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from epprod.elsevier.co.uk (epprod.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.35]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA11339 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 06:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by epprod.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA00937 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 14:17:42 +0100 Received: from cadair.elsevier.co.uk (actually host cadair) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Thu, 23 May 1996 14:17:40 +0100 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by cadair.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA24616; Thu, 23 May 1996 14:17:06 +0100 From: Paul Richards Message-Id: <199605231317.OAA24616@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Subject: Re: editors To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 14:17:05 +0100 (BST) Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD current mailing list) In-Reply-To: <199605231028.TAA08533@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at May 23, 96 07:58:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've replied to this fully on chat. In reply to Michael Smith who said > > > Personally, I don't give a damn if some newbie gets scared off Unix > > because it doesn't have notepad. As I've already said, if they can't > > get over that hurdle then they can forget it because the rest of the > > stuff they have to learn is much scarier. I think that some people have > > Bollocks. You've obviously been away from the coalface _much_ too long. What you on about? > > Incidentally, I made the suggestion on -chat that the EDITOR setting > > become an installation option. > > This is a good idea What editor does linux use by deafult? -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155