Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:26:19 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, token@wicx50.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: REQ: help from Emacs/XEmacs/Jove/Jed/... users Message-ID: <199706100156.LAA03025@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970609214236.323i-100000@Journey2.mat.net> from Chuck Robey at "Jun 9, 97 09:44:38 pm"
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Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > > Yeah, except the default command set just isn't as obvious to newbies. > That's the reason pico is such a good editor for them, it just works, even > for idiots. > > Yeah, I now remember the size thing, so because I don't feel like fighting > that battle again, I will let it drop again, and FreeBSD can stay > unfriendly for them. How about just writing a cut-down pico, perhaps you could call it "femto" or something? We're all 100% in agreement that the command set and screen layout is nice; all that's wrong is that the current implementation is Too Big. > > > > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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