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- From: papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:56:27 GMT
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- >>I agree with that, compare it for instance with OS/2's E.EXE or Windows'
- >>NOTEPAD.EXE. They're very limited, but very easy to use.
- >
- >That's not fair either. Compare it with "textedit" (or crisp) under Openwindows.
- >
- That's exactly the point we are trying to make. Unix CAN be as easy to use
- as OS/2 or Windows, but you have to assemble the ease-of-use yourself!!!!
- When TextEdit and Crisp come free with MOST unixes already compiled, without
- internet access, then I will compare them. Until then, I compare OS/2s
- EPM or E with vi. After all, EPM comes free with OS/2, and vi comes with
- most unixes.
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- >I thought F1 is supposed to be a standard HELP key for Dos/Windows programs :-)
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- Terminal emulators are the exception (if you specify so). In Windows terminal,
- you can specify whether to send through F1, or use it locally. This is
- probably best. Every DOS/Windows term program I have ever used also prints
- on the bottom line...
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- ALT-H for HELP
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- If VI did this, I wouldn't care if it used F1 or not.
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