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Date:      Thu, 23 May 1996 08:30:12 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: editors 
Message-ID:  <1017.832865412@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 May 1996 15:43:03 BST." <199605231443.PAA04943@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> 

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> Well, I'm perhaps getting this completely wrong. Are we just talking
> about the installation procedure or the tasks that need to be done
> after installation is finished and you actually log in?

I'm concerned only with the installation procedure - I don't know what
all of the other folks in this discussion may be concerned with. :-)

> Once everything's up and running EDITOR should be undefined by default.
> There perhaps needs to be a post-installation tips file, perhaps a
> message spouted from .login or motd that explains what to do. At least
> that way we educate new users as to what they need to do rather than
> making them think that's how it always is with unix.

That'd be just fine with me - you know where the dotfiles are. :-)

					Jordan



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