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Re: vi on ms-dos

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From: Bob Lennes
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1991 23:12
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In article <1991Jun16.082652.21466@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
>In article <426@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com
>(Dick Harrigill) writes:
>>Can you show me *ANYTHING* in vi that a typial vi novice could figure out 
>>the keystroke sequence for him/herself without referring to a manual?
>
>No, but then is this true of any editor?
>
Yes. Try the QEdit editor by SemWare. Even a Mac user could figure it out.

BOB
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From: lennes@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Lennes)
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Subject: Re: vi on ms-dos
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Date: 16 Jun 91 23:12:49 GMT
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