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Re: Apple?

#1178
From: Duncan Grisby
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 08:42
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In article <DDFuwI.LHu@inesc.pt>,
 jlp@cheeta.inesc.pt (Jaime Lares Rebelo Pinto) writes:
[...]
>     It was usual to teach to edit files with edlin. I like UNIX vi, and
> in fact I still use vi both in UNIX and DOS. :-) But edlin interface is
> to awkward even for me! You are not going to tell me that edlin is easier
> to learn and use than Teach Text, because it doesn't require a mouse, are
> you? :-)

Edlin, like the rest of DOS, is absolutely apalling.
However, have you ever tried to edit a 1 meg file with
Teach Text?

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From: dpg1@cam-orl.co.uk (Duncan Grisby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Apple?
Date: 17 Aug 1995 08:42:17 GMT
Organization: Olivetti Research Ltd, Cambridge, England.
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