From: "Leif Sawyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Word to the man! JOE is _the_ editor to use. Can't get over that > wordstar interface. > > > Yeah, I use VI when I have to, but for really quick editing, JOE beats > them all, hands down. >
I'm a PICO fan myself, although I'll probably cop some flak for saying it :D I just loaded up JOE to compare (never tried it before, although I remember I had installed it out of curiosity). First thing I notice is that it says "Press F1 for help" but this perhaps doesn't work from ssh as nothing happens when I do this. Guess I could just read the man page instead... Somebody want to give a run down of the advantages of JOE over other editors? I've never liked vi or emacs simply because they've obviously been designed by programmers with no clue about user interface design. I simply can't be bothered spending hours learning how to use a text editor with hundreds of arcane and barely documented sequences of key presses, even for basic stuff like quit (<esc>:q! -- wtf?), when, for what it is, such a program should be so simple to use. Sure, maybe you lose some power by simplifying, and I can understand that if you were used to the power features of vi or emacs you'd feel impotent trying to use anything else, but for chrissakes it's only a text editor. Maybe if I was using it for programming I might see differently; I'd prefer to use a GUI-based editor for that though. Just my opinion. -Simon _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
