On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Luke Kuhn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Text editors are NOT used only to edit system files! They open a hell of > a lot faster than word processors and are all you need for such tasks as > writing a news story, song lyrics, etc to be read out into an audio > recorder. I would consider a default disk with no text editor a nuisance > for new users who expect one. Even Windoze has a text editor, though I > don't know if it is installed by default. > > I've had good luck with leafpad in the past. It's fast, light, and works > when updates are running and gedit is broken until Synaptic finishes. It > opens much faster than gedit on netbooks, uses less CPU than gedit on > everything, valuble if someone is, say working on a soundtrack, adding > voiceover, while a video editor is rendering on something like a > single-core Athlon 64. > > > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:44:15 +0300 > > From: ?????? <[email protected]> > > To: Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> > > Cc: Ubuntu Studio Development & Technical Discussion > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: leaf/mousepad and saved settings > > Message-ID: > > <cabauxi43f6pxb6uqjai4kjtkr1eu0c-9_xcbgmbbavmnivb...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > It's completely impossible that any distro will ship with perfect > configs. > > > E.g. not everybody has a RME card, hence it's ok that the first audio > device > > > entry for rtirq is snd. But what if you have several PCI MIDI > interfaces > > > connected and a PCIe card from RME? > > > > >From the UX point of view, the OS should detect your configuration and > > choose the most appropriate default configs automatically. These > > defaults probably won't work for everybody either, so there still > > should be a better way than editing config files, e.g. a configuration > > GUI. If your users have to manually edit config files, you're doing > > something wrong. So shipping an editor is a workaround, not a > > solution. > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > > don't worry, i'll be adding a text editor into the seeds in the coming weeks. this was just an oversight during the xfce transition. also, i'll be sending out an email about a variety of other "typical" apps that are not directly used for creating or editing audio, video, or graphics. and would appreciate input. scottl
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