Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!atc!s5000!gray From: gray@s5000.RSVL.UNISYS.COM (Bill Gray x2128) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: vi Alternative Required Summary: Do we distinguish between editors and word processors? Message-ID: <54@s5000.RSVL.UNISYS.COM> Date: 12 Dec 90 17:12:29 GMT References: <1616@ukpoit.co.uk> <7471@castle.ed.ac.uk> <4448@lib.tmc.edu> Reply-To: gray@rdvl.unisys.com Organization: Unisys - Roseville, MN Lines: 25 May I ask if this newsgroup makes a distinction between "editors" and "word processors?" It seems like one of the original poster's needs is not for an editor at all, but for a PCish word processor. This is not an unreasonable request. And I have seen word processors on Unix systems. I used one on a Motorola/Phase 4 and it seems like there was one on an Intel system I used. Surely there are others out there, and if not, I bet there's a good market opportunity for someone. I use vi and it serves me well. But there are clearly users and applications for which vi or emacs are poor choices. However, the original poster needs to remember that users tend to get passionate about their first love among editors/wp software. No amount of reason can get many cyberphobics to learn and come to respect something designed with different goals than their One True Editor/WP. If you are not careful in what you promise and let users believe is attainable, you have a real tar baby. Bill -- : gray@rsvl.unisys.com : "There are four kinds of : : : homicide: felonious, excusable, : : Unisys has enough problems without being : justifiable, and praiseworthy." : : blamed for my personal opinions. : --Ambrose Bierce :