Re: Text processor

[Haukur Hreinsson <hawk gagarin is>]

Robin Miller wrote:
[...]
> Olaf, Mr. Eric S. Raymond has set me straight. He's a
> high-profile software genius and I am a stupid blue-collar
> American worker and Vietnam veteran, so I am now leaving
> this list because he has showm me that I am not smart enough
> to have valid opinions.
> 
> But I will try gnotepad; I'm trying ALL Gnome and/or
> Gnu/Linux  and Unix text & HTML processors, since dumb guys
> like me use the old-fashioned, non-elitist "scientific
> method" to decide what works and what doesn't.
> 
> I'd like to thank everyone who tried to help me find a
> useful text/HTML editor for Linux. If anyone has any further
> thoughts on the subject, I would appreciate contact through
> private e-mail. I'm obviously not smart enough to reveal my
> opinions here.
[...]

...and they say Americans don't understand sarcasm. Now I suppose only
subtlety remains.

I am feeling very confused. Would someone please fill in the gaps here
and set my mind at ease?