[H-GEN] Simple Linux editors

[doug rickard]

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----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net>
To: <general at lists.humbug.org.au>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Simple Linux editors


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> the manual.  For that reason, I use ed every day -- to ensure my
> skills don't rust but also because it's often the ideal tool.
>
> Of course, I also use vi a few times a week to keep my hand in,
> but skills with vi are of much less concern to me.

And that is exactly why neither of those editors appeal to me. I have to
edit files each time we upgrade Red Hat. That is not all that often. If the
editor is not WYSIWYG then it is of no use to me. I am not a sysadmin, nor
do I have any interest in becoming one. I have other things to do in life.
Being able to edit a configuration file when Red Hat upgrades is all I want
to do. An editor that I have to use every day to remember its
idiotsyncrasies is useless to me. We live in the 21st century, and like it
or not editors will be compared with their Microsoft equivalents. At present
it is quicker for me to ftp a config file from the Linux box to a Windows
box, edit the file using a Windows editor, then ftp the file back again.
That way I never even need a console monitor on the Linux box, one less
thing to go wrong. My needs are simple compared with a sysadmins, so is the
time I am prepared to put into learning an editor I will use perhaps twice a
year. Can you recommend an editor that will satisfy those simple
requirements?

Doug.



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