points by IshKebab 16 hours ago | 0 comments
> Perhaps all that needs to be known to use atto at a basic level is that holding the control key, pressing x, then pressing w will write the currently open file, and holding the control key, pressing x, then pressing c will exit the editor.
Very beginner friendly lol. These people have no idea.
Micro is a beginner-friendly console text editor. This isn't.
[–] chipotle_coyote 15 hours ago
[–] IshKebab 9 hours ago
The post says "To ease the transition for new users".
[–] hnlmorg 15 hours ago
I don’t think NetBSD and yourself are using the term in the same context.
By this I mean, a beginner to NetBSD is already a far more competent user than a beginner in many other contexts of OS users.
[–] passthejoe 15 hours ago
Micro is MIT licensed, so it should be shippable in NetBSD base.
[–] lukaslalinsky 15 hours ago
But written in Go, and I would expect the NetBSD base only includes software buildable using tools already in the base system.
[–] iamnothere 14 hours ago
11 MB is also a lot bigger than 48k
I do think Micro is a nice editor, but we need a tiny, BSD licensed pico/nano for true beginners
[–] passthejoe 14 hours ago
I didn't realize the size difference was so huge.
Atto has a great man page that would give a user everything they needed to know if they were unfamiliar with emacs keybindings.
[–] passthejoe 15 hours ago
Good point
[–] CodeCompost 15 hours ago
It's using keystrokes inspired by emacs. Ok.
[–] pwdisswordfishq 15 hours ago
As we all know, beginners love Emacs keystrokes.
[–] yearolinuxdsktp 15 hours ago
Project headline is “The smallest functional Emacs in less than 2000 lines of C.”
How someone jumped to beginner-friendly from that is the real question.
[–] IshKebab 9 hours ago
Probably because the post starts "To ease the transition for new users..."?
tl;dr: I think somebody incorrectly described Atto as comparable to nano/pico, and these comments are dragging it because it's not the thing that it was never meant to be.