From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 17:15:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84DFA638 for ; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:15:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@zoho.com) Received: from sender163-mail.zoho.com (sender1.zohomail.com [74.201.84.157]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7001C171F for ; Fri, 29 May 2015 17:15:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@zoho.com) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=zapps768; d=zoho.com; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=pE/9H5+Rmbif3yB+jurs9FOG/Of9vIfYlKbEkqIXnpXM7LOQskCJWF0SxT481VyaxlH53DfpXYZw C/copO67Lvy55wBn0Qrz64ncKIN5wq5UFMD9756YGJSDyx2MzwGV Received: from WorkBox.Home (75-168-124-205.mpls.qwest.net [75.168.124.205]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1432919744933321.23205421710145; Fri, 29 May 2015 10:15:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 12:15:42 -0500 From: Brandon Wandersee To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: easy to use WYSIWIG editor for VT102 Message-ID: <20150529171542.GA18043@WorkBox.Home> References: <20150529090528.GA2890@c720-r276659> <20150529120719.GA33714@ozzmosis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150529120719.GA33714@ozzmosis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 17:15:53 -0000 On 05/29, andrew clarke wrote: > On Fri 2015-05-29 11:05:28 UTC+0200, Matthias Apitz (guru@unixarea.de) wrote: > > > I'm looking for an easy to use WYSIWIG editor which could be used on > > VT102 terminals by my 9 years old son (to let him write mails and text files). > > 'ee' is an option, but maybe there is something more fancy supporting > > this type of terminals. > > Since the late '80s the term "WYSIWYG" has implied a graphical > bitmapped display, proportional fonts, accurate scaling and so on, > none of which is provided by a VT102 terminal. More to the point, "WYSIWYG" inherently means a format *other than plain text,* as it incorporates both content and style. A WYSIWYG interface would not save in a format suitable for e-mail (I'm admittedly presuming this is what the OP meant by "mail"). -- =========================================== :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@zoho.com :: =========================================== "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams ===========================================