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problems with vi on pc

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From: Greg Bonney
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:34
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I acquired a copy of elvis for my pc.  On the unix systems I've used,
I've been used to typing ":'a, y a", but on elvis I have to type
":'a,. y a" (to yank a block of text).  I tried a different vi (both of
them came from usenet), and it was even worse - I couldn't even figure
out how to yank a block at all.  Also, once while using elvis, I typed
"n" repeatedly to look for next occurences, and the sytem suddenly crashed.
Fortunately, I was able to recover.  Anyway, so far it looks like I'm
going to put up with these quirks; it still beats the standard dos
editor, and I use vi so much at work that it just makes sense to use it
at home too.  
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From: bonney@esds.mdc.com (Greg Bonney)
Subject: problems with vi on pc
Message-ID: <1992Nov23.213406.1784@esds.mdc.com>
Organization: Visual Simulation Systems
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:34:06 GMT
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