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From: utzoodecvaxharpofloydtrb
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1982 15:14

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RMS thinks that anyone who screws himself with ^W is hopeless.  I know
that many people use systems (like Berkeley UNIX) which use ^W for
<delete last word typed> and they (I) hit it automatically whether I
am on a Berkeley UNIX system or not.  Fortunately, I now know about
^Y, but if I am a casual user on an ITS system, and I want to edit my
mail, then EMACS is the editor I would get thrown into, and I don't
have to know about ^W^Y to productively enter my mail text.

Yes, NOVICE sounds wonderful.  Is it available under any of the
UNIX-flavored EMACS-style editors?

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491

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