Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Oh man, that takes me back! I started on DOS with the MS-DOS Editor, > then went onto the DOS port of Emacs and using DJGPP, then jumped to > Linux years later... Now *that* takes me back to the days when I wrote DJGPP ;-) And for anyone who thinks vi is hard to use, try the original ed (not edlin) on CP/M. IMHO the default editor should have the following characteristics: * arrow keys always move the cursor * insert, delete, and backspace always do what they say * ASCII keys always mean "add this character" (insert or overwrite) * Every other option should have an obvious hint on the screen, such as a menu bar or hotkey line, like: [F1] exit [F2] save [Ctrl-Z] undo [Ctrl-X] cut if it doesn't fit on one line, it's too complicated. (ed did the opposite of all those, btw ;) (nano seems to hit most of these, although it's two lines of hints and INSERT didn't do what I expected - and it wasn't obvious how to get out of the mode INSERT put me in) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
