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From: pack@acd.uucp (Daniel Packman)
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Subject: Re: DCL and EDT for Unix?
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Date: 19 Jun 91 21:27:28 GMT
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[Various ideas about adviseability of using VMS like tools to hide unix from
 users deleted]

I must strongly agree with all parties.  The most basic user can probably
be safely sheltered from the operating system.  The advanced device driver
writer probably out to know a few things about the system :-)

One thing that is time consuming to learn and needn't conflict with any
operating system is the editor.  By all means try to locate editors
that operate similarly to what users have been used to.  Emacs is an
interesting starting point since it 
   1. Runs on many platforms
   2. Has a powerful editing language (like TPU)
   3. Many different editing styles have already been written in it.

Even the most advanced programmer can live with a somewhat non-standard
editor.

Dan Packman     NCAR                             INTERNET: pack@ncar.UCAR.EDU
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