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I'm not the target audience (long-time emacs user, occasional vi user just for the heck of it), but this seems like a nice idea. On the few occasions I have use
by krylon 4y ago
I'm not the target audience (long-time emacs user, occasional vi user just for the heck of it), but this seems like a nice idea. On the few occasions I have used nano, I found the keyboard shortcuts very inconvenient. If I had no prior experience with any text-mode editors, I'd most likely prefer Tilde to the available alternatives.
I never tried ee, though, so I have no idea how it compares or if anyone uses it.
- lproven 4y agoI tried `ee` recently on FreeBSD. It's weird. That's the thing. Everyone still things it's OK on xNix to just invent your own keystrokes. It is not OK. There has been a standard for over one-third of a century now and every mainstream OS, including most Linux GUIs, follows it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access I think that these days people just don't know how to operate a GUI with a keyboard, which is why so many Linux GUIs are inaccessible to blind users. If you can't see, you can't use a mouse. You can't see where it's going. But computers are extremely valuable to blind users: they can read for you. By ignoring keyboard access, FOSS OSes are excluding blind users, who could be among their most valuable and passionate supporters... because blind people tend not to be rich and tend not to have much disposable income.