Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 03:56:51 -0400 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: What do we need in a FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <20020730075651.GB1219@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020729215629.435b4356.jud@myrealbox.com> References: <00d301c23504$9bbe0c60$0a01a8c0@mswolf> <20020726210341.N20468-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20020728023016.GA51076@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020729215629.435b4356.jud@myrealbox.com>
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in message <20020729215629.435b4356.jud@myrealbox.com>, wrote Jud thusly... > > Emacs does everything ... but it might be more intimidating > ... It does take a while to build and install (and download, for > those of us on dial-ups). And the configuration options! - not > exactly 'instant.' If it's part of the install, it seems to me > users will try it, and may wind up thinking "Jeez, this stuff is > hard" as a first impression of FreeBSD. for one thing, once i built xemacs w/o the sole depend target w/o any problems whatsoever as an exercise. related thread was on -questions & message id of 1st message is 20020319080130.GA16769@moo.holy.cow. second, there are emacs like small programs, one of them is mg. third, just vi all the way be it nvi, or (g)vim. im so ho. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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