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the wharf rat
Mar 8, 1986, 5:31:56 PM3/8/86
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In article <1...@moncol.UUCP>, jo...@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
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> What editor do you use/recommend for use by students? Are there editors for
> UNIX which are "friendlier", particularly to novices?
> Replies by mail would be appreciated. I will summarize to the net if there
> is interest.
>
I tried to e-mail; for some reason the mailer kept returning the message.
>
I think vi is a very friendly editor, but we use emacs a lot
here. emacs has the advantage of being the same on many systems,
as well as neat windowing and macros.
>
> What editor do you use/recommend for use by students? Are there editors for
> UNIX which are "friendlier", particularly to novices?
> Replies by mail would be appreciated. I will summarize to the net if there
> is interest.
>
I tried to e-mail; for some reason the mailer kept returning the message.
>
I think vi is a very friendly editor, but we use emacs a lot
here. emacs has the advantage of being the same on many systems,
as well as neat windowing and macros.
W.rat
Brent Chapman
Mar 9, 1986, 5:27:01 AM3/9/86
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In article <1...@andromeda.UUCP> ma...@andromeda.UUCP (the wharf rat) writes:
>In article <1...@moncol.UUCP>, jo...@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
>>
>> What editor do you use/recommend for use by students? Are there editors for
>> UNIX which are "friendlier", particularly to novices?
>>
>In article <1...@moncol.UUCP>, jo...@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
>>
>> What editor do you use/recommend for use by students? Are there editors for
>> UNIX which are "friendlier", particularly to novices?
>>
> I think vi is a very friendly editor, but we use emacs a lot
>here. emacs has the advantage of being the same on many systems,
>as well as neat windowing and macros.
>
> W.rat
EMACS also has the disadvantage of being very cpu and memory intensive>here. emacs has the advantage of being the same on many systems,
>as well as neat windowing and macros.
>
> W.rat
as well. If your hardware situation is typical (too many students
and too few resources), you may not want a really neat program that
will bog down the system, when a less full-featured, but still very
good editor (like vi) won't cause such a load. Most students in an
intro class would not use most of the features of EMACS, anyway.
I don't use EMACS myself, so I can't comment on its ease of use
or its features first-hand. I have seen demonstrations (by a friend
of mine who is a manager for several of our undergraduate machines
here at Berkeley) of what EMACS can do to a system. It's impressive,
if you have the capacity to spare.
Brent Chapman
cha...@miro.berkeley.edu
ucbvax!miro!chapman
Brent Chapman
Mar 9, 1986, 5:27:01 AM3/9/86
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In article <1...@andromeda.UUCP> ma...@andromeda.UUCP (the wharf rat) writes:
>In article <1...@moncol.UUCP>, jo...@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
>>
>> What editor do you use/recommend for use by students? Are there editors for
>> UNIX which are "friendlier", particularly to novices?
>>
>>
>> What editor do you use/recommend for use by students? Are there editors for
>> UNIX which are "friendlier", particularly to novices?
>>
> I think vi is a very friendly editor, but we use emacs a lot
>here. emacs has the advantage of being the same on many systems,
>as well as neat windowing and macros.
>
> W.rat
>here. emacs has the advantage of being the same on many systems,
>as well as neat windowing and macros.
>
> W.rat
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