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Date:      Thu, 23 May 1996 14:17:05 +0100 (BST)
From:      Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD current mailing list)
Subject:   Re: editors
Message-ID:  <199605231317.OAA24616@cadair.elsevier.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199605231028.TAA08533@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at May 23, 96 07:58:45 pm

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I've replied to this fully on chat.

In reply to Michael Smith who said
> 
> > Personally, I don't give a damn if some newbie gets scared off Unix
> > because it doesn't have notepad. As I've already said, if they can't
> > get over that hurdle then they can forget it because the rest of the
> > stuff they have to learn is much scarier. I think that some people have
> 
> Bollocks.  You've obviously been away from the coalface _much_ too long.

What you on about?

> > Incidentally, I made the suggestion on -chat that the EDITOR setting
> > become an installation option.
> 
> This is a good idea 

What editor does linux use by deafult?

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