Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Low level vs. high level UI

[Pierce T . Wetter III]

> >   The difference between an easy interface and a simple one? I'm not 
> > sure I understand the distinction? I prefer levels of interfaces 
> > myself.
>
> 	Vim is an incredibly complex application with an interface that 
> allows all kinds of things.  Even if you go with just the normal, 
> basic editing stuff, there are two modes where keys mean totally 
> different things (plus the : mode).


 Ok, so since you both used vi/vim, I'd have to say that tla is
not at that point yet.

 First off, vi has levels of interface. When I first started learning 
vi, I
learned the following commands:

 i
 a
 x
 dd
 ESC
 :x
 (movement)

 I was very happy in vi for a long time.

 At some point, I learned I could type repeat counts.

 Then, one day my business partner gave me HIS vi cheat sheet, and
 I learned about modifiers:

 /fred
cwbarney

or

c/fred
barney
nnnnnn

So there was a ramp up in necessary knowledge. The great thing about vi 
to me is that it supports some powerful methods of combining simple 
commands into complex ones.

I still prefer a gui editor though. Arch seems more like emacs to me 
then vi, and I've never bothered to learn emacs despite its power 
because the amount of stuff I had to learn (and remember) to useful 
work was too large.

 Pierce

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