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From: chip@osh3.OSHA.GOV (Chip Yamasaki)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Hey Syd, here's a couple of ideas!
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.045055.11766@osh3.OSHA.GOV>
Date: 23 Jun 91 04:50:55 GMT
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In <1991Jun21.215104.3204@DSI.COM> syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) writes:

>rsk@juniper.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec) writes:
>>Well, I'm bucking the trend here, but I'd rather *not* see any editor
>>as part of Elm.
>Let me clarify... I have no intention of making any editor
>the only editor Elm supports.  I just get lots of requests for
>a small, simple editor that can be used with Elm and would like
>to be able to distribute one with Elm.

I believe my original suggestion was to EITHER include a simple editor,
or suggest one in the docs/README.  I do see the point that including an
editor would make the distribution larger, and that many people don't
want to use a different editor from the one they use now.  I also would
NEVER suggest (as some people have inferred) that Elm not allow the user
to select his/her own editor.  A better approach might be for the Elm
development group to write a small editor (VERY simple) that has an
interface consistant with Elm and post it separately.  Then suggest is
in the README as a possibility.

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