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Article #29Re: The Death of vi?
From: Thomas Aaron Insel
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 20:25
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 20:25
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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. Because emacs isn't ubiquitous, and because people use vi. You might as well ask why they still sell manual transmissions in cars. -- Thomas Insel (tinsel@uiuc.edu) "Behind every argument is someone's ignorance." -- Louis D. Brandeis
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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!hoptoad!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!eff!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!tai50080 From: tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel) Subject: Re: The Death of vi? References: <3159@ucl-cs.uucp> Message-ID: <BwwGr5.7Eu@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Originator: tai50080@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Reply-To: tinsel@uiuc.edu Organization: Masticating Illini Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 20:25:52 GMT Lines: 10