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

[alanfe...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 4:28:37 PM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/24/2021 3:25 PM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote: 
> > On Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 2:15:59 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> >> On 2021-11-22, Dave Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote: 
> >>> 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? 
> >>> 
> >> Because a better tool can come along. 
> >> 
> >> That happened to me when moving from EDT on RSTS/E to EVE on VAX/VMS. 
> > 
> > Question: Do you buy a new smartphone every year? Do you buy a new home computer every year? Each is better than its predecessor. So do you? 
> > 
> > Do you buy a new car every year? Each is better than its predecessor.
> I am not sure that those example support the idea of staying with EDT. 
> 
> Practically everybody buys new phones, new PC's and new cars. 
> 
> Not every year, but every 3 or 5 or 10 years. 
> 
> Nobody suggested changing editor every year, just every 10 or 20 year. 
 
Well, the point was that normally you don't buy a new phone or car every year just because a better one comes out. So extend that to a lifetime for EDT!

I don't see the big deal here. Simon is free to use EVE or emacs or whatever suits him. I have no problem with that. I'm not saying he should use EDT. But he shouldn't tell me to stop using EDT and switch to EVE, just like I don't tell anyone to switch from the QWERTY to the Dvorak keyboard. Perhaps that is the better example.


> :-) 
> 
> Arne