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Re: Apple?

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From: Josh Williams
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 16:39
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In article <40uvd9$dtl@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, dpg1001@cam.ac.uk (Duncan
Grisby) wrote:

> 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?
> 
Edlin rules!! It has one of my favorite interfaces ever for editing small
batch files. I am just mad that it seems to no longer come with DOS. I
don't know why people always seem to get mad at something just because it
means they have to learn something new.
>
> -- 
>  -- Duncan Grisby                                    --
>   -- dpg1001@cam.ac.uk                                --
>    -- finger dpg1001@cus.cam.ac.uk for PGP public key. --
Josh Williams
williajo@ohsu.edu
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