Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 10:43:43 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jehamby@lightside.com, coredump@nervosa.com, winter@jurai.net, freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: editors Message-ID: <199605231743.KAA07713@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960522233909.26002D-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> from "Chuck Robey" at May 22, 96 11:43:03 pm
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> > > So in other words, if there is room on the boot disk for two editors, one > > > of which being vi, what do you vote for as the second editor? > > > > ex. 8-) > > Et tu, Terry? This is getting a little frustrating. I am NOT suggesting > replacing your favorite editor (ex, Terry, really?). I was joking -- see that smiley way out to the right? 8-). You said "other than vi". > I am talking about replacing the newbie editor, ee, with one that > is universally useable by anyone without training, pico. This isn't > for me, or most likely for ANYONE currently subscribed to this list. > It's strictly for new users, and those just learning unix. > > Sheesh. Pico is a good idea. A better idea would be something like DOS "EDIT" (the full screen version). The problem there is the 'alt' key would need to be replaced; probably with 'esc' and you use "insert 'esc'" from the menu to put in an escape. 8-(. But in a pinch, Pico is closer to the ideal than ee (I always get stuck in emacs, mostly because it depends on fully working tty code and I like to hack tty code occasionally). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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