[Info-vax] Editors, was: Re: VT keyboard replacement

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-11-08, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 11/8/2021 1:25 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-11-08, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>> In article <b6c4a416-0ccf-4518-b5fa-039d8d23f88cn at googlegroups.com>,
>>> =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?= <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 6:27:48 PM UTC+13, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>>> It is the most efficient, not the most powerful. :-)
>>>>
>>>> As in helping you to be the most productive?
>>>
>>> Exactly.
>>>
>>
>> How exactly ?
>>
>> By today's standards, EDT's limited functionality makes it the
>> assembly language version of editors when compared to other editors
>> which are fully featured editors.
>>
>> EDT can't even show more than one window on the screen at the same
>> time. How does that make EDT the most productive editor ?
>>
>> Even EVE can do that, which makes even EVE much more productive than EDT.
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>
> If it  is all I need and use ....
>
> Which part of that was not understood?
>

The bit you missed above where Phillip claims EDT is the most productive
editor, even in the face of all the much more powerful alternatives. :-)

Simon.

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