Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-30 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:23:47PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:01:56 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:01:13AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote:

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 08:01:13AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:13 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so popular -- it's an almost automatic way to narrow

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:41:18 +0200 Polytropon articulated: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:46:52 -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:36:03 -0400, Jerry wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:41:18 +0200 Polytropon articulated: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:46:52 -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri,

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Steve Bertrand
On 2012-04-24 11:50, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: My daughter is doing a touch typing course that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine with pico, but now they want the kids to practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use these particular combinations because

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and test for. People want quantifiable,

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Generic skills aren't recognized because they're

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:32:24AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Generic skills aren't recognized because

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated:

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread David Brodbeck
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a huge service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented people are being rejected on entirely arbitrary criteria that have little or no

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so popular -- it's an almost automatic way to narrow down the pile. Another method in common use right now is to throw out applications from anyone who's currently

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 04:46:52PM -0400, Jerry wrote: Now you are being naive. There are numerous examples of people in both corporate and government jobs that have made out right lies as to their education, etcetera. Some of those frauds have gone undetected for years. The majority of

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:00:51PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 David Brodbeck articulated: Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so popular -- it's an almost automatic way to narrow down the pile. Another method in common use right now is to

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a huge service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented people are being

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a huge service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented people are being

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 28 April 2012 09:23:26 Frank Shute wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Reminds me of an episode of The Office. sounds more like real life to me. The manager gets a pile of resumes/CVs and immediately bungs half of them in the trash.

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:46:52 -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu,

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread David Brodbeck
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: Thanks for that article, it's really sad. One of the main problems is (in my opinion) that GENERIC SKILLS aren't recognozed with the big importane they have. This applies to hiring as well as education. When they read a job

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and test for. People want quantifiable, objective things to weed out applicants. This is also why credit scoring has become so popular -- sure, someone's credit

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and test for. People want quantifiable, objective things to weed out applicants. This is also why

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:45:53 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: Thanks for that article, it's really sad. One of the main problems is (in my opinion) that GENERIC SKILLS aren't recognozed with the big importane they have.

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-25 Thread Arthur Chance
On 04/24/12 20:02, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikhtme...@bristol.ac.uk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U My daughter

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Tim Daneliuk
On 04/24/2012 12:50 PM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: My daughter is doing a touch typing course that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine with pico, but now they want the kids to practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use these particular combinations

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Mike Jeays
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: My daughter is doing a touch typing course that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine with pico, but now they want the kids to practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Tim Daneliuk tun...@tundraware.comwrote: On 04/24/2012 12:50 PM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: My daughter is doing a touch typing course that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine with pico, but now they want the kids to practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-24 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U My daughter is doing a touch typing course