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Re: editor alternatives?



On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:29:37 +0100,
  Jason Williams <jason@compsoc.man.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 02:40:05PM +0000, Martin WHEELER wrote:
> > I genuinely believe that the time has come to make nano the
> > de facto default editor in debian.
> 
> You are, presumably, taking the piss :-)
> 
> Could I humbly offer the opinion that jed is by far the most newbie-friendly
> text editor I've ever seen?

I really like jed. Really, I do. But there is *something* about Nano(and
Pico, of course) that just WORKS, when it comes to new people.

Maybe it's the simplicity. Maybe. I dunno.

The point is, that even if people can't say *why* Nano is easier for
people, it simply is. Put a bunch unfamiliar with any editors in front
of computers, and I'll lay money on the outcome that people using Nano
are less confused, more confident, and more productive(in the short
period of time given - obviously something more advanced like Vim or
Emacs can increase producitivity if the people using it actually *know*
the apps).

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