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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: VMS editor uncommon option
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:34:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-11-04, Marc Van Dyck <marc.gr.vandyck@invalid.skynet.be> wrote:
>
> A naïve question : I have never been exposed, I must admit, to "modern
> GUI editors". What more do they have to offer compared to, for example,
> good old DECWindows LSE (with EDT keypad of course) ? Could you try to
> convince me ?
>

Basically, a lot more hand-holding and the ability to do some simple
stuff from the menus without having to know the keystrokes to invoke
that functionality.

Note that there is a difference between a GUI editor and a full-blown IDE.
If Arne chooses to make a detailed reply, I hope he draws attention to
that so it doesn't confuse you.

Also note that just knowing how to press buttons doesn't automatically
make you an expert in any GUI application (regardless of whether it is
an editor, Excel, Word, Octave, KiCad, etc). It just potentially gives
you the bit of knowledge needed to really mess things up unless you
really learn the GUI application in question.

Simon.

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