Grim
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Posts: 284
Joined: Mar. 2004 |
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Posted: April 06 2004,19:02 |
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"Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop."
As a commandline junkie, I feel two-faced for even saying this but, users should not have to modify config files if they're running from CD. Scite's supposedly "point-click-type" easy but I have to modify a config file just to set word wrap to default, that doesn't say desktop user to me.
I reject the idea that the only reason we continue to use Scite over Leafpad is for programming. If you were seriously doing development work you'd use real development tools, i.e. gcc, g++, gmake, ldd etc., not busybox equivalents or tcc. Personally, if I were editing code I'd have vim and ctags on the CD, but the fact of the matter is, this is a desktop distribution, not a development one.
My wife or brother should feel reasonably comfortable sitting down at a machine running DSL and not get pissed off at something so simple as turning wordwrap on in the text editor.
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