On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 12:04:39PM -0400, David B Harris wrote: > 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. > Umm... I'd bet it's the fact that the commands are all one key combination (rather than C-x C-something-else a b c d, as seen is some editors), and that the key combinations are prominantely displayed on the screen :-) (BTW, I don't dislike emacs. I'm just having trouble learning it) > 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). Can't agree with you more! -- Duncan Findlay
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