> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: cjns1...@gmail.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: OT: mutt/nano spell checking >Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:26:22 -0400 > >>On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:47:51AM EDT, ow...@netptc.net wrote: >> >>[..] >> >>> +1. I teach C in a Debian environment and my students (most of >whom >>> have never used *nix) use nano. >> >>Probably a good choice, since you teach C, not editing. By the time >>you'd finished teaching them Vim, there would be not time left for >>anything else. :-) >> >>But even if you teach C for a living and are on a tight schedule, I >hope >>you find the time to mention that once they finish the class there >are >>other options. >> >>Even if once your own, we know that more often than not, a >programmer's >>job means diving into vast amounts of pre-existing code, and that's >>where a capable editor that seamlessly supports tags, cscope, >windowing >>a directory explorer, tabs, an integrated compile cycle, and >navigating >>efficiently through tens of thousands of lines of code eventually >means >>more to their lifetsyle than mastering the intricacies of >sprintf(char >>*str, size_t size..) >> >>Not sure about the dividends that nano will pay in this respect. >> >>Yeah, I know, in the real world, your former students will have >little >>choice but use the IDE that their boss's boss's boss happens to >favor. >>And since she's not likely Bram's or RMS's girlfriend, I guess it >>doesn't really matter. >> >>-1 >> >>CJ >> >> Thanks for the observations Chris. You have correctly surmised that I don't have time to teach Linux, C AND a complex editor. I decided that the first two were the most important. I do mention the other editors and the fact that vi is probably the most universal editor, but they stick to something simple during the course. Larry >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d >ebian.org >> >>
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