Re: An 'ae' testimony
On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 08:20:51AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote:
>
> > On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 12:21:02PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > > On Sat, 22 May 1999, Michael Stone wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 07:49:11PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > > > > some version of vi is essential on a rescue disk, regardless of what some
> > > > > windows using loudmouth happens to think (and no, i'm not referring to
> > > > > you here joseph).
> > > >
> > > > That's just silly. If someone can figure out vi, they really ought to be
> > > > able to figure out how to use an editor with on-screen help. We're not
> > > > forcing anyone to write a book with it, just use it for a couple of
> > > > seconds in an emergency.
> > > >
> > > > > ae is fine except for the vi emulation mode. it does the job, a simple
> > > > > no-frills no-features text editor.
> > > >
> > > > I disagree: I think it's still more complicated than it needs to be.
> > >
> > > Complicated?
> > >
> > > > E.g., the big block of commands at the upper left is a bit too
> > > > cluttered.
> > >
> > > Upper left? You _are_ refering to the help screen aren't you? This screen
> > > coveres the top third of the screen, and includes every operation ae will
> > > perform. How would you suggest that I make it less "cluttered"?
> > >
> > > The phrase, "a bit too cluttered" is not something I can convert into a
> > > patch ;-)
> >
> > remove this help stuff, and have just some sort of help binding that will bring
> > it up. That would be nicer, and let more space for editign.
>
> In your last posting you asked for "more" help information. Now you are
> asking for less. Is it any wonder that I have trouble satisfying the
> divers needs of the editing community?
>
> Your comments make it clear that you haven't used ae in a long time, if
january 99, i think.
and it was from the base tarball, not even from the boot floppies, anyway,
boot floppies are not supported on my hardware. There could be some nice vi
implementation in the tarballs, no problem ...
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
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