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Old 06-09-2017, 10:49 AM   #16
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Have you thrown away your pencil and paper because you have a text editor?

Keep as many tools in the toolbox (provided they still work) as you can, not just the newest, shiniest ones. I'm using xclock now and xfig is still up-to-date. Besides, what's a few kilobytes when most disks now are in the gigabyte or terrabyte range? Those old programs can be considered "finished", in that they don't need further work or updates. How many patches or updates does xeyes need? If I want to make a little illustration for a forum, xpaint is much more approachable than gimp. util-linux has been ripping out stuff too lately (looking at you, Karel Zak). Old things that are still around are around for a reason: they have withstood the test of time. X11, sendmail, etc.
This means that by "finished" that they end soon or later.
Let's think or look at ted, awesome but it won't return to repositories of Debian ever. What is good may disappear forever, many example exist in opensource linux softs.
 
Old 06-17-2017, 11:35 AM   #17
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Look for instance there is a good example


Good examples that are based on X11 are no longer maintained or of interests. http://xdraft.sourceforge.net/

Xdraft, xfig,... are outdated for most users and of course of less interests, compared to evolved softwares: gimp, inkscape,....
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