From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc94896f23dccfae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-05 23:18:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.teledanmark.no!news.equant.no!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Somewhat on Topic: Word Processing Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1046935085 2834 129.241.83.78 (6 Mar 2003 07:18:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:18:05 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34954 Date: 2003-03-06T07:18:05+00:00 List-Id: Dave Head wrote: > > "Frank J. Lhota" wrote in message > news:JZo9a.25710$8f7.21367@nwrdny02.gnilink.net... >> Would WordStar have survived if it was rewritten in Ada? > > No. The thing that killed WordStar is having to memorize all those keyboard > key combinations. Nobody wants to do that. Its also why EMACS hasn't taken > over the world's programming consoles except on those owned by people with > really, really good memories. Well, I actually went from Emacs to Vim which has a lot of key combinations. For me it works. But then again I wouldn't teach my better half to use Vim. However, it makes me cringe when I see people using the mouse and menu for Copy and Paste. -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. '||} {||' http://www.amnesty.org/