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Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 2002 21:01:40 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        Jeff Jirsa <jeff@unixconsults.com>, John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>, FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Editors (was Re: Is simplicity despised?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208062059290.33444-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020806223420.F88874-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>

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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Peter Leftwich wrote:

[lots of stuff trimmed]

> Ah, I was going to say something similar applauding pico (tight, slight and
> outta sight) and ee (commands are at the top in my case).  But I did want
> to add some comments.  Pico does have just a few annoying default traits,
> such as Ctrl-k chopping the entire line rather than what is to the right of
> the cursor, and not having Suspend enabled.

nano fixes many of the problems of pico, and it's GPLed.  But why change
something that isn't broken?  This thread shows that most people will
install their favorite editor as a matter of course.
 
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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