I don't know who Marc is teaching, but you would be astonished by how many undergrads in a computer information systems course do not know what a text file is. They'll take a programming course with C# in Visual Studio, and come away thinking that you can only program in Visual Studio with Visual Studio files. Then you get them in a database course the next semester and assign them some SQL, and they'll try to write their scripts in Word.
Can't blame them for not learning what the previous teachers didn't teach, but I'd sure blame myself if they got to day 2 in my class and I didn't correct it. Now I tend to start my classes by haranguing them to install Notepad++ or whatever alternative exists for Mac users.
I'm getting a little sick of Notepad++ and this thread has me thinking I should give emacs a try. (Probably not for my students though!)
Can't blame them for not learning what the previous teachers didn't teach, but I'd sure blame myself if they got to day 2 in my class and I didn't correct it. Now I tend to start my classes by haranguing them to install Notepad++ or whatever alternative exists for Mac users.
I'm getting a little sick of Notepad++ and this thread has me thinking I should give emacs a try. (Probably not for my students though!)