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Subject: [9fans] Re: User Interface
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:37:19 +0000
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Eric de Redelijkheid wrote:
> ... The editors, sam and acme are virtually unusable.

I don't know what you expect in a text editor, but I've used many
and "sam" is the one I prefer for almost every editing task.

> Why is it that such a simple task as editing the contents of a textfile
> must cause so much pain? At least some of you must have seen notepad.exe
> at work during your lifetime? It cant do much, but it gets the job done
> in a simple way!

I don't think software tools are suited for you, or perhaps the
other way around.

> Why is there not just one single command to create a new user, but do I
> need first to make the file /adm/users writable, edit this file (with
> more luck then wisdom), and type in at least three different commands.
> When I log on with the new username, I have to give another command to
> get the computer to present me a graphical user environment; which is a
> grey screen.
> ...
> btw: is there a shutdown command or do I just switch my laptop of?

Most people read the instructions.
I guess in your case, you could throw the laptop against a wall.