Re: [PATCH] Add Notepad++ And Some Corrections

On Friday 13 March 2009 19:38:14 brian d foy wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The problem is that you only mention UltraEdit and Textpad which are both
> > neither open-source nor gratis.
>
> I don't agree that commercial software is a problem. I'm not trying to
> express a political point in the FAQ (nor was the original author).
> There is a long list of editors, so "only" is misleading. As I said
> previously, I'm not going to bloat the text by mentioning every editor
> in every place.
>
> > If you wish, you can mention Notepad++ instead of UltraEdit or Textpad
> > (or both). But we should still mention an open-source *and* gratis
> > alternative, because we are both advocates of FOSS, and should expect
> > some of the readers to not be able to shell out the money for an editor
> > that costs money.
>
> I'm not an advocate of FOSS. I write some FOSS, I think it's good, but
> I pay for my operating system and my text editors, as well as a lot of
> other software I use everyday. I expect that people should pay for the
> tools they use to support the people who created them. But, I am not
> using the FAQ as a political tool for either side. There is a long
> list of editors in the FAQ and people can choose whichever they like.
> I'm not going to exclude either side or change the FAQ merely because
> the editors mentioned at any point don't agree with someone's
> political motivations.
>
> > I've been working with UltraEdit on my Perl pupil's Windows XP laptop,
> > and the experience has been nothing short of frustrating.
>
> That is your experience, but I've heard opposite stories as well. An
> editor is a personal choice.  That someone doesn't like an editor has
> no bearing on what other people will like.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, that's the end of the argument.

Very well. I accept your point-of-view. I still disagree with it as I didn't 
find your arguments convincing enough, but that's life I guess. I'll see how I 
can contribute to different aspects of the perlfaq.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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