[Gllug] Linux Roadshow

[Jim Bailey]

On Friday, December 7, 2001, at 02:24 PM, Ian Scott wrote:

> Incidently, I love vi as much as the next geek, but it's a bit
> daunting for newbies - the whole mode thing confuses nearly everyone!
> As a console text editor, the latest version of jed is pretty cool -
> drop down menus and stuff - you no longer need to learn loads of
> control key stuff before it's useful. If you're running X, there are
> plenty of newbie-friendly text editors out there - gnome and kde both
> have fairly good ones.

You are absolutely right I was wrong again I used to use pico which is 
great because all the commands are visible on screen.
>
> (Before anyone moans, I KNOW they're not as powerful as vi or emacs,
> but most people don't need much functionality, and they are a lot
> easier to learn)
>
They do the job and they do it most of the time well.  Incidentally I have 
just been reading this stuff about how old skool is not necessary best the 
school.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23245.html

Peace Jim


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