On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Michael Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My guess is that, if you want to provide instructions to someone with no > linux/unix experience. e.g. to edit a config file, you can safely tell them > to: nano myfile.conf and expect them to be able to save the file and return > to the command line. If you want to give the same instructions using vim or > emacs, you would also need to specify how to save and exit. I imagine this > to be the reason it is popular in tutorials, and if all the tutorials you > use, use nano, you will probably use it too. Yes. I don't use vim or emacs. When I need a terminal-based editor I use nano because I can figure it out. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
