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From: dougs@videovax.tv.tek.com (Doug Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: editor
Summary: Mice bring something to the party.
Message-ID: <6364@videovax.tv.tek.com>
Date: 16 Apr 91 17:10:49 GMT
References: <1491@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU> <1991Apr15.093654.13172@cs.ruu.nl>
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR
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In article <1991Apr15.093654.13172@cs.ruu.nl>, hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder) writes:
> 	In editors, mice are a Crime with capital C ...
> 	Mice are NOT NEEDED in a good editor.

There's no reason that an editor cannot include both mouse and key support.
I use both: keystrokes for executing commands (I really don't care for
pull-down menus, they are much too slow), and the mouse for marking areas of
text (leaning on the cursor key, over-shooting, and backing up is too slow).

The only thing that irks me is when an editor requires me to use the tool which
is more cumbersome for the task at hand.