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Re: Something I would like to see
- To: Warren Chartier <>
- Subject: Re: Something I would like to see
- From: Joshua Drake <>
- Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 08:51:42 -0700
- CC: Gregory Leblanc <>,
- Organization: LinuxPorts and the LDP
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References: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0005021133001.2190-100000@icebalm.lucid.dyndns.org>
- Resent-Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:57:53 -0400 (EDT)
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Surely you mean "Why editors like 'joe' exist :)"
Warren Chartier wrote:
> On Mon, 1 May 2000, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
>
> > What's wrong with emacs? I don't touch the command line for any of my
> > editing and validation stuff. Anybody running with a major distribution
> > should be able to get emacs, and the setup for psgmls is relatively trivial.
>
> Emacs is one hideous beast of an editor, it defines exactly why editors
> such as "pico" exist. Emacs may be powerful, but its a dreadful editor to
> learn and use for people who just want to write a howto, and nothing
> else. This is the year 2000, emacs should be a helluva lot more "user
> friendly" by now, but it isn't.
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