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Re: Bug in Stevie?

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From: Reade Glyn Devin
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 16:32
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In article <1992Dec17.080605.2615@r-node.gts.org>, taob@r-node.gts.org (Brian Tao) writes:
> In article <1992Dec15.054702.7768@colorado.edu> hartkopf@spot.Colorado.EDU (Jeff Hartkopf) writes:
> >
> >I have a problem with Stevie, the vi clone for GNO.  It doesn't seem 
> >to be able to break a line in two by inserting a newline in the
> >middle of a line--the rest of the line from the insertion point on
> >gets lost.  
> 
>     Hmmm... I'm fairly sure I've done that with stevie before and haven't
> noticed any problem.  I'll try it again to make sure.  But you really should
> be using MicroEMACS instead.  ;-)

Kind of unreasonable (not intended as a flame) ... while both emacs and
vi are good editors, trying to convince people to change is generally
a waste of breath.  Both work, both have their strengths.  Personally,
I detest vi, but 'You say potato ...'

--Devin		glyn@cs.ualberta.ca

> -- Real name: Brian Tao (Dept. of Exobiology, University of Toronto)
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