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Article 492 of comp.windows.misc:
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From: diamant@hpfclp.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Re: A/UX window systems, Mac tool...( Hum Interface) (calibration)
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Date: 1 Apr 88 23:32:20 GMT
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Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO
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>> It is impossible to define modedness well enough to allow experimental
>> comparisons of moded and non-moded systems.  The sentence is cute, but ...
>> Gilbert Cockton, Scottish HCI Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Chambers St.,

> Not true.  Emacs is a good example of a modeless editor (in contrast to
> vi).  Now, I know you are immediately going to object (if you are familiar ...
> [John Diamant, SDE, Hewlett-Packard Co., Fort Collins, CO]

vi doesn't have modes, although it does have some commands that may
take exceptionally long arguments :-).

(I hope the point is clear.)


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