Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 22:18:05 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is simplicity despised? WAS: What do we need in a FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208062215420.7340-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200208070150.g771nwL39231@tierzero.apana.org.au>
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Brian Astill wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 21:47, John Bleichert wrote: > > Nobody will ever convince me there's a better wm-agnostic editor than > > nedit for a new user. > > I have heard good reports about nedit from people using many platforms. > (memo to self: MUST try nedit) > > > Also, does anybody really want the FreeBSD installer changed? Maybe the > > addition of an 'instant-workstation' install would be ok, but in my IMHO > > /stand/sysinstall is the best installer out there. > > No. you miss the point here. Instant Workstation is an option in > /stand/sysinstall. What we are arguing about is the default editor in that > install. At the moment it is EDITOR=vi. I think something simpler is called > for. Ah. nedit is an X editor so it might be inappropriate for $EDITOR. I dunno what would be best for a terminal editor. I love vi, but it *is* rather arcane hehe... maybe pico? At least with pico the commands are on the bottom of the window by default. License may be an issue. $0.02 JB /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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