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Article #33726Re: vi for the Mac
From: Jurjen N.E. Bos
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1988 08:02
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1988 08:02
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In article <8400037@m.cs.uiuc.edu> rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >While in general I certainly prefer Mac style editing to vi, there is one vi >[remark that vi can mark locations and jump to them] >Anyone have any idea why it hasn't been implemented in any major editors, or >know of any that do have it? Why? I think the main reason for having marks it the ability to quickly jump to a certain part of the file. I find the scroll bar to the right easier to use, faster, and more powerful. I never want to _exactly_ jump to an earlier location, only to about the same place. A scroll bar is just what I need. -- -- Jurjen N.E. Bos (jurjen@cwi.nl)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!mcvax!jurjen From: jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen N.E. Bos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: vi for the Mac Summary: scroll bars are a great invention Message-ID: <7680@boring.cwi.nl> Date: 26 Oct 88 08:02:02 GMT Article-I.D.: boring.7680 References: <442@edsel.UUCP> <8400037@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 16