On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Nicolai Waniek <roc...@rochus.net> wrote: > On 06/17/2011 10:37 AM, markus schnalke wrote: >> For the same reason we want Unix's manifold toolchain and for the same >> reason we want several programming languages: Because ``One fits all'' >> is an illusion. > > > Then try to figure out some basic tools that you can glue together to > form a fully functional editor. > > 'Reinventing' an editor for every purpose and most probably copying some > things on source level from one editor to the next is ridiculous.
Even more annoying is that the way that the lack of an OS-level editor component means that there's a tendency for any application that wants to provide a writing/editing capability to write their own, often poor, editing code. I entirely agree with that "one interface fits all users" is a problem, but I'd like a system where there was "one interface for editing in all circumstances for this user". cheers, dave tweed
