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From: bknotts@europa.com (Brian Knotts)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 9 Mar 97 03:15:42 GMT
Organization: Europa Communications Inc. [Portland, OR]
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In <5fsihd$oa7@bignews.shef.ac.uk>, kusogari@shef.ac.uk (Earl H. Kinmonth) writes:
>Robb Shecter (rshecter@faculty.ed.umuc.edu) wrote:
>: In article <5ef5c8$rgs@arktur.rz.uni-ulm.de>,
>: Stephan Pfab <pfab@mathematik.uni-ulm.de> wrote:
>: >edward@islandnet.com wrote:
>
>: There's something being missed here, though:  Ancient programs like vi
>: and emacs that require the user to memorize a million keystrokes are just
>: too hard to use.
>
>Million?
>
>More like a couple of dozen max.  Either that, or your version(s)
>of vi are more capable than mine.  (MKS Toolkit for OS/2, SCO
>UNIX 5.0.2, SunOS, etc.)

Plus, running in X, emacs has menus, and Xemacs has keyboard 
equivalents listed on the menus!

Now, it is fair to point out that there is no Xemacs "Make a New 
Macro Wizard."

:-)

>: After all, these editors are the means, not the end.  They should be 
>: blindingly easy to use, like a Windows program.
>
>Since when are Windows programmes blindingly easy to use?

Plus, you don't know when a Windows program, or "control panel,"
or "wizard" will actually behave as intended, or when it simply
will refuse to carry out its assigned task.

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