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In article <66401@ti-csl.CSNET> holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes:
>In article <22616@pbhya.PacBell.COM> whh@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt) writes:
>>In article <1489@umbc3.UMD.EDU>, cs374326@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Peter Johansson) writes:
>>My son is in high school.  He also uses vi and nroff without difficulty,
>Typical Mac Word Processor:
>
>        Find:   word    Replace With:   new-word
>
>vi:
>
>        ^[:.,$s/word/new-word/g

Compare apples to apples here (so to speak)

vi has commands for finding ... y'know, like the "/" command, along with
"n" or "N".  Or you can find by looking and seeing it on the screen, then
using cursor & "w" and such to move to the word.  Then you to "cw" to
replace the word...

Very similar in thought-concepts to what you described above, though
different in physical use.

Oh and vi has the advantage you can do the above to sentences or paragraphs
just as easily as to single words.  Maybe or maybe not one of those fancy
Mac word processors can do it .. I dunno, I never used one.

Now, does that "Find:"  "Replace With:" business get selected by mouse
action?  If so it's automatically deficient because it's very inconvenient
to have to switch back and forth between mouse and keyboard.  Especially
since mice can be just about anywhere on the desk and (at least) none of
my desks never have room on 'em for proper mouse use...

I'd rather have a trackball built into my keyboard.  And yes, I know that
those are available for Mac's ... I don't have a Mac.
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