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

[Dave Froble]

On 11/22/2021 2:03 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-11-19, alanfe... at gmail.com <alanfeldman48 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 9:56:41 AM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>> Second EVE has been the default editor on VMS for a couple of decades
>>> and I suspect that over 50% of VMS editing is done using EVE
>>> And we have not been swamped with reports of EVE not working or being
>>> difficult to get working. So I will assume that in most contexts then
>>> EVE just work out of the box.
>>
>> Well, my experience with EVE is mostly from the late 1980s in graduate school. It was a continual PITA. Default or not, EDT worked at remote labs and to get EVE to work AT ALL was a royal PITA. Maybe 30-some years things are better.
>>
>
> So you are judging the editors of today by knowledge obtained
> 30 years ago ? :-)

Perhaps some people feel the need to keep changing editors.  That's fine for 
them.  But other people learn how to do something, and as long as it works for 
them, that is what they turn to when needing an editor.  No new learning curve. 
No wasted time.  More productive.

The key is, if it is a good tool for a job, why change?

If more is required, then of course find a better tool.

Now can we drop this really silly subject?

-- 
David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450
Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      E-Mail: davef at tsoft-inc.com
DFE Ultralights, Inc.
170 Grimplin Road
Vanderbilt, PA  15486