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[Thorsten Haude]

Hi,

* Jörg Fischer wrote (2004-08-17 09:23):
>> True, I had the opportunity to introduce some people to NEdit, and
>> this is definitely weird.
>
>If you would introduce emacs, you could also say, this is emacs
>but please run gnu-client (whereby as additional confusion the server 
>mode of xemacs has a different name).

I don't think that we should aim at EmacsOS, NEdit can do better.


>If you try to explain the server mode to newbies, you'll confuse them 
>right from the start with something they neither understand nor need.
>Therefore simply don't do so. 

You don't have to explain it. Just copy the server in the path and
start 'nedit'.


>> As for the names, I think 'nedit' and 'nedit-server' would be best.
>
>Well, why not "nedit -server"? nc is obviously a command line tool,
>and the name is intentionally as short as possible.

In fact, I found nc to be too long and aliased it to just n. I guess
most people either have to problem to create an alias or start NEdit
with some mouse click anyway.


>But the reason for two executables is probably historical. All what would
>make sense to me is a merge of nc into nedit, ie, running in server
>mode by default (w/o that the newbies know about it). 

Sure, that would be coolest.


Thorsten
-- 
Wasn't the storming of the Bastille an act of terrorism?
Probably. Now it's a holiday.
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