vi Alternative Required

[Anil Joshi]

simon at castle.ed.ac.uk (Simon Brown) writes:

>silly remark #1:
>    yeah, it's probably best to try to stick to one at a time. maybe two...

Why? If there are a lots of choices, let everybody use what they want
and are comfortable with.

>>
>>What I think I need is a new editor for them , these are the requirements :
>>         2 . Look and feel the same as either Wordstar or IBM ISPF editor.

>silly remark #2:
>    but didn't they just say that these are the other ones that make their 
>    productivity plummet? maybe they meant "look and feel *not* the same as
>    ..." - a rather more likely request, i can't help thinking :-)

This is really unfair. It is because of the users all of us programmers
have our jobs. If the users want ISPF Editor's look and feel then that's
what they should get. If you like UNIX and you want the users to use it
then give them what they like - don't give them what you like. If you do
that most probably that would be the last thing you would be giving
them.

I don't know how it works in other
companies but the places I have worked, user has to be satisfied or
else... If there was a lynch party, then there must be some truth in
what they are saying. How can you judge their productivity? They are the
ones who judged it and finally the verdict is out - they prefer ISPF to
vi. Now however much you scream and shout, for what they want to do,
they find that more productive. By screaming or becoming combative, you
can't change that.

Is it that difficult to change vi to emulate ISPF? If so, may be
emacs can do the job (may be a tad slowly).

Anil Joshi
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