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Re: good vi editor for the mac

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From: Holger Skok
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 06:32
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In article <1992Sep8.210501.2783@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu> pollard@cucbs.chem.columbia.edu (Tom Pollard) writes:
>bell@teal.csn.org (Bell Scott) writes:
[... stuff deleted]
>
>Finally, emacs (and Alpha) are completely extensible, since the provide an
>underlying language in which you can add new functionality to the program.
>If there's something that Word doesn't do that you decide you need, you're
>stuck.  In emacs and Alpha you can often just implement it yourself.
>
Don't the common Mac word processors have macro languages to allow you
to add extra functions?

Not that I much care for those, since using them you're basically back
to BASIC - interpreted language, no debugging, and, of course, sloooow!
:-)
HSK

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From: skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok)
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