Hi ,
you're in mistake I could use joe in the terminal ....
it is simply included they do a very good works ....
and why to be so arrogant ?
On Sunday 19 November 2000 18:46, you wrote:
> So, I have been using joe since day-one of using Linux.
>
> So, every version of Mandrake (not to mention every other distro) includes
> joe.
>
> So, I installed Mandrake 7.2 (the complete, 4-cd version). I actually
> bought it to see what the new version's all about.
>
> So, I do an installation with 'ALL', custom to use ReiserFS.
>
> Upon rebooting, going back into a terminal window, and trying to edit the
> hosts file, I type in 'joe hosts'.
>
> I get a 'command not found'.
>
> I do a locate for joe. I use the find function to find joe.
>
> Joe's gone.
>
> What the fuck? Why is it that everytime I'm about to re-think my position
> on Mandrake, and actually am about ready to say to myself "Hey, this
> rocks!", some idiot over at MandrakeSoft makes a decision to just leave out
> a totally standard text editor - and not tell anyone???
>
> Sure, undoubtedly the responses from MandrakeSoft will be the usual
> arrogance infused "Well, why don't you just download joe and install it -
> you know how to do it, obviously... hrumph!", but that's not the point (as
> I will do just that).
>
> The issue here is one of consistency, which seems to be overun by one of
> politics/arrogance (maybe someone believes that all users should only use
> emacs, or vi), one of poor oversight, or what have you.
>
> Fact is, I was checking out 7.2, and I was severely impressed by it so far,
> and I was about to write up a relatively lauding review of it, when I came
> to a screeching halt because of this.
>
> So, is there any sort of explanation for this? Will this be addressed in a
> future revision? Will joe be added to MandrakeUpdate as an update after the
> fact?
>
> Why did this happen? Who made this decision?
>
> I'd really like to know!
>
> Harry
