APPLEVISION Monitor, Anything !Windows = Cryptic ?

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Mon May 6 16:29:51 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Moyers [mailto:rmoyers_at_nop.org]

> Unix, for years, shipped with a editor nobody could use
> and backspace key that did not work, and seemed rigged

Hmm -- the backspace key has always worked for me, and the
editor, while being not incredibly nice, was useable.

> Linux is the first nix i saw that came out of the install
> with a working backspace key and several editors
> that a person new to Unix could use.

Obviously, you hadn't been introduced to IRIX or NeXTSTEP.

> I credit these two things for its success, no longer
> did it have two most fierce deterrents to learning.

I never saw them as real problems. The editor could be
replaced, and if you don't like the way the backspace key
works, you can re-assign it. :)

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
 
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