On: Stop using Windows Notepad

[donaq]

Hmm. I am as bewildered by this as the author. Why would anyone edit shell scripts with notepad?

[btipling → donaq]

A terrifying fear of vim modes, maybe. I guess people stick with what they're used to. I don't know, I'm trying here, I really am.

[rbanffy → btipling]

joe and nano may be your friends.

If one is afraid of Vim, I would not recommend Emacs.

[joe_the_user → donaq]

Because they just created a plain vanilla Windows install in a machine not connected to the net? And various pathological EOM apps still use something like a shell script?

(the reverse of this is kind-of the only situation in which I use vi, which none-the-less I can use...)

Shit happens...

I mean, the degree to which users wind-up wedded to the default applications in a given OS should not be underestimated or chalked-up to "morons"...

[vegashacker → donaq]

The only excusable reason I can think of is a "one-off" edit on a foreign computer that doesn't already have your editor of choice installed.

[rbanffy → donaq]

The real question is why would anyone edit shell scripts under Windows?

[donaq → rbanffy]

I do it sometimes, when my job doesn't allow other OS's. But I install GVim. :p