Am 21.07.2009 um 13:27 schrieb Werner Almesberger: > Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> most FOSS. Unless we restrict the Non-G-UI to commandline and >> ncurses. > > I noticed that is has an escape key. So vi will be fine. What else > could one possibly wish for, except that more GUI designers would > draw their inspiration from the grace and style of vi ? :-)
I have a desktop machine with vi (vim, pico, ...) and a real GUI text editor to choose. I find myself to use vi only on remote machines with ssh connection. Never on localhost. Well, this is not proper user requirements research, but a first indication... > Historical note: once I had Linux run on my Psion S5 and took it to > a conference. The UI consisted of eight virtual consoles with a > shell each, with whatever I chose to run there - typically a vi, so > I could switch from taking notes on various topics just by changing > consoles. Despite the device's many shortcomings, the system felt > amazingly productive, almost on par with the HP-100LX. When taking notes on conferences. I am regularily using my good old C3100. I really like the combination of QWERTY, small pen + touch screen to type, select text, scroll through documents etc. This gives magnitudes of higher productivity than any vi and multiple shells ever can (on a Zaurus you can even test and compare both approaches). The HP100 was a really cool device when it came out (approx. 1992). And worked well. So I get the (hopefully wrong) impression that the current focus of Qi-Hardware is to imitate vintage computers... _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community