From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 13 01:57:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41524106566C for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:57:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com (mail-bw0-f219.google.com [209.85.218.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BADD88FC44 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:57:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so455972bwz.37 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:57:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XCXpfNEGnLx5lfkoaJbwY6g+N4CDTWgeZwBgbKTyE/Q=; b=H1XsSkFF+Er+k4QE1uhs3veOQZycJedNQn79lB7IAEIoCCJWTJ0391v7Dm9UsKBVzY fBytUVt1AyB23RlKFH8ZM5AC25XH/Ec89dmWIF6+QG/GwI9w/3ZYvZ2tNkEOCxVq4bGM vX6RxDN4gjbou6vGrNgEXIMtT8y9tj3+XPeoo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GmvifjQOWjo5pxZXd34iF6eUSZR1vVc/N9/AoQT+uu968dTqrmBhAC/h83ji3j+xXD 9FNllDEwIgFx3bVPPR+rs4YFVh5yN4fBvEDxIpoADQ1SixLsDGeaIkdxTby/x+t6QiYR nhYU8fnnku1wuEeNcFxgoaxlqs/i/1UKIUhFI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.123.141 with SMTP id p13mr174279far.84.1250128628483; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:57:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090813035341.4b82842d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4A6A72A6.1030009@ibctech.ca> <4A820F9C.8030709@ibctech.ca> <4A8210D8.4050601@ibctech.ca> <200908111840.05008.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <1d7089c40908121249u75b97303xde1269985f0055e8@mail.gmail.com> <8763cseo4b.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20090813035341.4b82842d.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:57:08 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310908121857h25f151a1qef08d41b9d694953@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question for developers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:57:10 -0000 On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:08:52 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> There *are* good points about joe, eg.: >> >> =A0 - It works very well even with pretty dumb terminals. >> >> =A0 - It has a very small footprint >> >> =A0 - It supports many features a `coder' expects (auto indentation, >> =A0 =A0 custom tab sizes, macros, etc.) > > Syntax highlighting! Syntax highlighting! :-) > > Other points are automatic file backups, different modes > (depending on $0) and so on. > > > >> It is much nicer to describe the *good* points about joe, instead of >> making silly jokes about keyboard shortcuts in other editors. > > If you make jokes, use the recommended ones, such as the > well-known escape-meta-alt-control-shift key combinations. :-) > Don't forget about: C-x M-c M-butterfly [1] :-) [1] - http://xkcd.com/378/ --=20 Glen Barber