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From: Greg Bonney
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:34
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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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!esds!bonney 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 Lines: 10