Re: Looking for a Simple Text Editor

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From: Silver
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1988 04:15

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pwl@tc.fluke.COM (Paul Lutt) writes:
> He considers ... emacs to be much too complicated for the casual user.

This is ridiculous, of course, at least for GNU.  It does what it's programmed
to do, sporting a full-fledged lisp under that pretty exterior.  If the user
thinks it's complicated, then hack things out.  Maybe start a feature-a-week
club, and show the user neat tricks on a weekly basis.

Regards, [Ag] gaynor@rutgers.edu

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From: gaynor@athos.rutgers.edu (Silver)
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Subject: Re: Looking for a Simple Text Editor
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