OpenEuphoria

Re: ED.EXclamations

• Posted by Travis Beaty <travisbeaty79019 at aol.com> Mar 02, 2001
• 455 views

In a message dated 3/2/2001 7:14:12 AM Central Standard Time, 
ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com writes:

> And I agree with
>  this - most often I find that using a mouse is an
>  utter waste of time when accessing and editor function
>  can or could be accomplished with one, two, or even
>  three osimple keystrokes without moving a hand from
>  the keyboard.

Very true.  When I'm coding, the mouse can be quite a distraction.  However, 
even in the demonic realm of GUI apps, there are the keyboard shortcuts.  In 
NotePad, there is ALT FS to save, ALT FX to exit (and save), etc.  That, by 
the way, closely matches the more "angelic" DOS prog edit.

I hope I'm not coming across as though I'm saying that NotePad is the 
ultimate in sweet tools.  I had my issues with it as well, especially when I 
was using Win95.  And now, I don't use it at all, but rather a editor made 
for coding.  I was simply trying to relay the difficulty that most green 
recruits in the Grand Euphorium would have with ed.

>But fondling a mouse is now a deeply
>ingrained conditioned fetish for most computer users.

Here, mousy mousy  


Happy Hunting,

Travis Beaty
Claude, Texas.