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From: C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pet Peves or Why,  oh why do they do this? (long)
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Date: 9 Jun 89 14:27:18 GMT
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In response to my questioning of the value of DME's "roll your own" menus to a
new user Larry Phillips  said:

>It seems to me that DME is one person's idea of an ideal editor.  That person
>has kindly donated it to the world.  If it's good for you, fine..  if not,
>well, there are other editors available.  It is not a novice's editor.
>Complain all you want about commercial software, but try to remember that PD or
>freely redistributable software is often something that the author found
>useful, and is under no obligation to be anything more than that.

That's a nice speach about what you are 'paying for' in PD but it's beside the
point.  The cost of an object is not related to it's functionality.  If Matt
were to pay me to use DME it would not make it easier to use.  And I should
add I am not a novice.  I personally use DME on an occasional basis.  It is one
of many editors I keep arround for jobs that my usual editor (Jed) can't do.
It's fast.  Has lots of advanced features and uses memory well.  But I have to
have the manual beside me at all times whereas I do 95% of my editing with Jed
and have scarcely looked at it's manual at all.


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