On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 10:51:03PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >I think ee is a good choice, I'm not sure it's the right choice, I'm
> >not sure there is a right choice. If we put a vi on, we get a
> >(probably deserved) reputation for newbie hostility. If we don't, we
> >alienate all the experienced people, who expect vi to be a basic tool
> >available everywhere.
>
> Then we should ditch the vi idea altogether. Why? Sure, *some*
> experienced people will expect it. Here's one experienced person who
> doesn't, however. What I *do* expect is an *easy* editor, not one that
> conforms to how I work.
A simple script that tells them to use ee would be fine I think. They'd
live. Gods, it's just a flippin' boot disk for crying out loud! They
WILL SURVIVE. I'd say just leave ae, except that given my problems with
it, I would never want to be stuck needing an editor I can't promise will
even work in 5 minutes.
ee is the right choice.
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Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer
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