EMACS rpm is 11 megabytes????

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 03:01 -0700, Myles Green wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:54:50 -0500
> Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I  miss pico. I never cared for vi. Remember the GI can openers, with
> > the pointy hinged blade? Sure, it'll open a can. It's just not the
> > "Right Thing" for me. Dosedit rocked. What was the simple line editor in
> > CP/M? Linedit or something like that? Sure vi has it's place. I just do
> > not prefer it coming from a dos background where a decent editor took
> > 16k.  
> 
> If you like Pico then you should take a look at Nano (which is a Pico
> clone). I use it as my editor-of-choice and have been doing so for over 6
> years now. I'll use Vi[m] if I have to but since most distros either come
> with it installed or they have it in their software repositories ready to
> rock. 
I just tried using nano and I cannot tell the difference between it and
pico. Works for fast edits. Ric

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