From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: B Smith-Mannschott Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Baby Emacs? Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:22:53 +0200 Message-ID: <28c656e20907311422w45b4c942q1ed46ad93829b230@mail.gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249075413 5617 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2009 21:23:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:23:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: kj Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 31 23:23:26 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MWzZW-000169-8y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:23:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45163 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWzZV-0007hL-Mp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:23:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWzZ6-0007fO-TF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWzZ2-0007Z7-7s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34886 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWzZ2-0007Ym-0N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:22:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f222.google.com ([209.85.218.222]:42213) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWzZ1-0007uo-DW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:22:55 -0400 Original-Received: by bwz22 with SMTP id 22so1803346bwz.42 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:22:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=X/Y988fnTbCOhPr5iMmu2Aui3BUp3ysS0yZaA8ALO4k=; b=w4nVyn3ebSA1aRpb0Eyu+jIyd6XymlvsCduE05//sTptLyg5dMWhT0cThyC+hiKF3L e4POVivQ0ohBIkaF7FXIgNyQEVDpRu4G7IuZS2I3668uBMlCqYmnukxceEOdl4bdHK1h mLieJy7If5CcucbN6+BvoFcc+BwWZXrS0ITIg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=d9H1Km32bo7/Ty0twPKOTYZqOKLkgucPS5ZsweZ/vcbTtUKbjNhAQdMe16FUjsm+V8 isHspb7NH5QMSsunwvyvqw6FYArsFapvVaVH1nLBglqr82sNpTKTls/1B3Sw07Jl3WUL gwg07g14cgZS9KQYVKM0xOegnbreKKL/KRp1U= Original-Received: by 10.223.126.1 with SMTP id a1mr1772277fas.78.1249075373131; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:22:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:66589 Archived-At: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 19:51, kj wrote: > > > > I am teaching programming to a few co-workers (research biologists). > Most of them want some recommendation for a text editor. =C2=A0Of course, > I recommend to them Emacs, but I would prefer to recommend a simpler > version of Emacs, one with fewer features, and also fewer ways to > get confused. =C2=A0Is there such a thing? > > (A different co-worker suggested nano, but it does not look > sufficiently Emacs-like to me.) > Zile (http://www.gnu.org/software/zile/) is a pretty good ersatz emacs. It's small and quick to start. I use it for quick and simple edits. // ben