Re: VI??? GROSS!

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From: Manos Papatheofanous
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 14:16

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In article <Bwwt3r.B83@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> krisk@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Kris Klindworth) writes:

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>vi on the other hand is just a text editor.  I doubt there is
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>enought traffic in "Why doesn't this work" and "How can I do this"
>questions to warrant a separate group.

Well, I've seen macros for vi which solve the Towers of Hanoi problem,
solve mazes, emulate Turing machines, bouncing balls, and these are
definitely _not_ the things ordinary text editors can do!

>Of course, this is just my opinion :-).
>
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>Database Programmer/Analyst        Phone   : (217)244-7120
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Manos.
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