Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 21:44:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: 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: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970609214236.323i-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199706100047.KAA02439@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > > > > I did that once, if you remember, Jordan, but there was some other > > objection to pico. Don't remember what, but if it got cleared up, I'd > > prepare pico once again. I still think, for newbies, it's easily the best > > editor out there today. > > It's too big. This was the original complaint, and it hasn't gotten > any smaller since. Zile sounds pretty good by comparison. 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. > > > > 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 [[ > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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