On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:09 AM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> Sam is enough for the new user, and learning it without the mouse >> seems like a really good idea. I agree with you sam -d is not an entry
I think it's much easier to learn sam _with_ the mouse, and only then move on to sam -d for times when just want the typescript window and not to look at any of the files. "sam -d" is really not an editor for beginners. For the kind of minor editing that you're explaining in your blog post, I can't think of a single reason to reach for "sam -d" instead of "ed", but it would be more common to start acme or plain sam instead. It's not like Eclipse where you have to wait minutes for the thing to start. Russ
