Re: [Chicken-users] documentation issues...

[Sven . Hartrumpf]

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:54:51 -0800 (PST), elf wrote:

> so why did it take so long?
> a) im stuck in a tiny window in a tiny screen with no real text manipulation
>     abilities.
> b) theres no search and replace.  theres no way of even killing lines off.
> c) cut and paste is fickle about where the mosue is, not where the cursor
>     is.
> d) theres no undo.  theres no redo.  theres no means of even taking it offline
>     effectively.
> e) and the real dealbreaker.... once i was 99.99% done .... and loading the
>     preview... it froze in the middle of displaying.  claimed it was done (ie,
>     not a network error or something.)  theres no buttons at the top to force
>     a save or anything.  meaning at 8.5 hours in, i had to start over almost
>     from the beginning.

All the above is related to using a browser which is not suited to the task.
Use a light-weight browser that embeds a real editor like vim or emacs or
use firefox with the right plugin like ViewWithSource.
I hated Wikis before I found these two solutions.

Ciao
Sven

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