On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 14:29, Bryan Murdock wrote: > Agreed. I think the point is probably to get the students to use a > standard unix text editor, and emacs happens to be just a little more > intuitive for the average person than vi (people will dispute, but which > other program that calls itself a text editor doesn't allow you to start > typing text immediately upon opening it. vi is the only I've seen. > Plus, emacs does have some rudimentary drop down menus like most are > used to).
Whether or not it's more intuitive, I know not, but I cannot use a single-mode editor anymore. My brain just can't deal with it anymore. Xemacs was the only emacs I could handle. Without the manual nearby, a novice can't even quit the program without knowing some weird key combination in normal emacs. So in that regard emacs is hardly more intuitive than vi. They are both hard to use at first. That's why most CS students just use Kwrite. (until they find gvim) > > Bryan > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
