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On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:24:29 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:

> On 2025-11-10, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-11-10, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/11/2025 05:06, c186282 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alas when DOS first appeared, everything was centered
>>>>    on using 'edlin'. Just HORRIBLE !
>>
>> Yup.  Just enough like CP/M's ed to make you think you know it, and
>> just enough different to bite you.
> 
> That just about describes my experiences with nano as an Emacs user :-P

Probably like my experience with emacs as a Vim user. I use Gvim not 
because of the menus but so it spawns a separate window instead of 
grabbing a terminal. With emacs I was completely lost until it grew a 
menu.