Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 12:15:42 -0500 From: Brandon Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@zoho.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: easy to use WYSIWIG editor for VT102 Message-ID: <20150529171542.GA18043@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <20150529120719.GA33714@ozzmosis.com> References: <20150529090528.GA2890@c720-r276659> <20150529120719.GA33714@ozzmosis.com>
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On 05/29, andrew clarke wrote:
> On Fri 2015-05-29 11:05:28 UTC+0200, Matthias Apitz (guru@unixarea.de) wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for an easy to use WYSIWIG editor which could be used on
> > VT102 terminals by my 9 years old son (to let him write mails and text files).
> > 'ee' is an option, but maybe there is something more fancy supporting
> > this type of terminals.
>
> Since the late '80s the term "WYSIWYG" has implied a graphical
> bitmapped display, proportional fonts, accurate scaling and so on,
> none of which is provided by a VT102 terminal.
More to the point, "WYSIWYG" inherently means a format *other than plain text,*
as it incorporates both content and style. A WYSIWYG interface would not save in
a format suitable for e-mail (I'm admittedly presuming this is what the OP meant by
"mail").
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