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From: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
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 Ar an seachtú lá déag de mí na Nollaig, scríobh Daniel: 

 > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
 > 
 > > [...] Emacs ctrl-alt-% already does that: type “y” or “n” to substitute or
 > > skip, “q” to stop, “!” to go ahead and do all the rest without
 > > confirmation. There are even options for undoing the last replacement/all
 > > replacements.
 > >
 > > And then there’s “recursive editing” ...
 > 
 > Off the top of my head.
 > 
 > emacs, lynx, links2, syncterm, mplayer, fbi/fbgs, sc, keepass, brave.
 > 
 > There's more but this is core. All the others get installed as needed,
 > then forgotten about until needed again.

I’m a big fan of Inkscape, mainly for editing PDFs. If you like and use TeX
that gets installed early.

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