On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:08:01PM -0000, m@moshez.org wrote: > Updated list of criteria, with suggested modifiers. > This time, I only included important stuff: > > * Edits files in place +40 > * Wraps lines -20 > * Supports undo/redo +20 > * Can complete a whole editing session without reading a manual +30 > * Reads a global RC file +20 > * Built-in on line help +30 > * Search and replace +10 > * Not free -200 Not a bad list. Combine it with my proposal and you get a definition of newbie-friendly that has: a. must edit files in-place b. must not modify existing content (includes line wrapping) c. can undo (questionable, you could just not save) d. on-screen help, no manual required e. must support search-and-replace the rc file and freeness are irrelevant. So any editor that meets the criteria above is a tier-1 editor, any visual editor that doesn't is a tier-2 editor. ed, sed & cat can form tier-3 if people can't live without them. -- Mike Stone
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