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Article #24Re: The Death of vi?
From: Einar Indridason
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 19:57
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 19:57
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In <3159@ucl-cs.uucp> G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly) writes: >Why does vi(1) live on? The EMACS interface, at the the very least, is >now ubiquitous. Oh, no... here we (apperantly) go again. Just another my-editor-is-better-than-yours war is just what we needed. (NOT!) I can give you one reason why I use vi over emacs: (but PLEASE remember that it is only my opinions.) I find I'm quicker in editing with vi, than with emacs Why can't the emacs and the vi legion join forces agains (say) Macintrashes or PClones? :-) instead of pickering so much about which editor is the best. That is my opinion. Flames (about why I use vi or why I should use vi) are immediately redirected to /dev/null -- einari@rhi.hi.is
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!sunic!isgate!krafla!einari From: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: The Death of vi? Message-ID: <5536@krafla.rhi.hi.is> Date: 29 Oct 92 19:57:49 GMT References: <3159@ucl-cs.uucp> Sender: usenet@rhi.hi.is Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: hengill.rhi.hi.is