Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-30 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:23:47PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:01:56 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:01:13AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry w

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-30 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:01:56 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:01:13AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck arti

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:01:13AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: > > > > > > > >Again, this is one of the reasons credi

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Steve Bertrand
On 2012-04-24 11:50, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: My daughter is doing a touch typing course that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine with pico, but now they want the kids to practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use these particular combinations because

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:36:03 -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:41:18 +0200 > Polytropon articulated: > > >On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:46:52 -0400, Jerry wrote: > >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 > >> Chad Perrin articulated: > >> > >> >On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wr

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:41:18 +0200 Polytropon articulated: >On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:46:52 -0400, Jerry wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 >> Chad Perrin articulated: >> >> >On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: >> >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articul

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: > > > > > >Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so > > >popular -- it's an almost automatic way

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:46:52 -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 > Chad Perrin articulated: > > >On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: > >> >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote:

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 28 April 2012 09:23:26 Frank Shute wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > > Reminds me of an episode of "The Office". sounds more like real life to me. > > The manager gets a pile of resumes/CVs and immediately bungs half of > them in the

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a huge > > service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented people are > > being rejected on e

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a huge > > service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented people are > > being rejected on ent

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: > > > >Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so > >popular -- it's an almost automatic way to narrow down the pile. > >Another method in common use right no

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 04:46:52PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > Now you are being naive. There are numerous examples of people in both > corporate and government jobs that have made out right lies as to > their education, etcetera. Some of those frauds have gone undetected > for years. The majority of

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: >Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so >popular -- it's an almost automatic way to narrow down the pile. >Another method in common use right now is to throw out applications >from anyone who's currently unempl

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread David Brodbeck
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a huge > service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented people are > being rejected on entirely arbitrary criteria that have little or no > correlation to their a

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: >On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: >> >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: >> >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articul

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: > >> >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodb

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:32:24AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: > > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > >> > > >> Generic skills aren't recognized

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 >> Chad Perrin articulated: >> >> >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: >> >> >> >> Generic skills aren't recognize

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 > Chad Perrin articulated: > > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > >> > >> Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and > >> test for. People want quan

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:45:53 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > Thanks for that article, it's really sad. One of the main > > problems is (in my opinion) that GENERIC SKILLS aren't > > recognozed with the big importane they have. > > This applie

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: >> >> Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and >> test for. People want quantifiable, objective things to weed out >> applicants. This is also w

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and > test for. People want quantifiable, objective things to weed out > applicants. This is also why credit scoring has become so popular -- > sure, someone's credi

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread David Brodbeck
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Polytropon wrote: > Thanks for that article, it's really sad. One of the main > problems is (in my opinion) that GENERIC SKILLS aren't > recognozed with the big importane they have. This applies to hiring as well as education. When they read a job application, H

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-25 Thread Arthur Chance
On 04/24/12 20:02, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U My daughter is doing a touch typ

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:45:07 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:31:33AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:02:27 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 201

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:31:33AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:02:27 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 > > > > From: Anton Shterenlikht > > > > To: freebsd-q

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:02:27 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 > > > From: Anton Shterenlikht > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > My daughter is doing a touch typing course > that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine > with pico, but now they want the kids to > practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), > CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use > these particu

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Al Plant
Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U My daughter is doing a touch typing course that pres

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 > > From: Anton Shterenlikht > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U > > > > My daughter is doing a touch typing course > > that pre

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > On 04/24/2012 12:50 PM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > >> My daughter is doing a touch typing course >> that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine >> with pico, but now they want the kids to >> practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), >> CTRL/U

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Mike Jeays
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > My daughter is doing a touch typing course > that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine > with pico, but now they want the kids to > practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), > CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use > these partic

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Tim Daneliuk
On 04/24/2012 12:50 PM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: My daughter is doing a touch typing course that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine with pico, but now they want the kids to practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use these particular combinations becau