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Article #18Re: VI??? GROSS!
From: Michael Lemke
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 04:46
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 04:46
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In article <1992Oct28.214551.21668@wixer.cactus.org> rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org (Felix S. Gallo) writes: >9118543@sunvax.sun.ac.za writes: >>Is there no better editor for UNIX than VI? >>I mean... what happened to the good old full screen ones? >>Cheers >>Christ > >psst. vi is full screen; head -24 is full screen ;-) >also, the relative 'goodness' of an >editor depends on what you're trying to do. For instance, if >you're trying to have a completely integrated one-program >environment that reads news and everything, check out gnuemacs. I don't. >If you can't stand these fancy newfangled "tools", use cat. I can. >If you live modally, vi is for you. I don't. So where is the good old full screen editor for Unix? -- Michael Lemke Astronomy, UT Austin, Texas (michael@io.as.utexas.edu or UTSPAN::UTADNX::IO::MICHAEL [SPAN])
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!hermes.chpc.utexas.edu!aswx266 From: aswx266@chpc.utexas.edu (Michael Lemke) Subject: Re: VI??? GROSS! Message-ID: <1992Oct29.044658.8510@chpc.utexas.edu> Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC References: <1992Oct28.162607.5613@sunvax.sun.ac.za> <1992Oct28.214551.21668@wixer.cactus.org> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 04:46:58 GMT Lines: 31