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). -- .--=====-=-=====-=========----------=====-----------=-=-----=. / David Barclay Harris Aut agere, aut mori. \ \ Clan Barclay Either action, or death. / `-------======-------------=-=-----=-===-=====-------=--=----'
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