On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 05:31:43PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting "Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > -> > Here is what I got: > > -> > > > -> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > > -> > > > -> > File read and write ^X I ^X^W Left, down, up, right ^B ^N ^P > > -> > ^F > > -> > > -> > what the heck is this editor? > > -> > > -> ae. It's supposed to be an easy editor. I find it's a pain in the ass. > > > > agreed, wtf it's still in the base distribution? > > it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution disks... > > > > comments? > > If memory serves me correctly, there where a big flamewar a couple of > yars ago, about including emacs on the bootdisks etc. It was ultimatly > desided and realized that even the most die-hard emacs fanatic (Tm :) > that emacs is just to big for this purpose. So came ae, which let's you > have a little of both worlds (at a big cost in both worlds unfortunatly, > but that's usually what a compromise will do).
how about midnight commander instead of the wordstar-esque ae? -- It is always hazardous to ask "Why?" in science, but it is often interesting to do so just the same. -- Isaac Asimov, 'The Genetic Code' [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://newbieDoc.sourceforge.net/ -- we need your brain! http://www.dontUthink.com/ -- your brain needs us!