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- From: kimcm@olamb.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen)
- Date: 19 Jan 87 12:47:59 GMT
- Organization: AmbraSoft A/S (Denmark)
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- > The Berkeley Mail program used to construct this message calls
- > "vi" from within. Then again, ANY program ca be caled from within
- > another program, via the "exec*" system call, so what's the big
- > deal about "vi"???
-
- What's the big deal about "vi", well for one thing it's standard!
- You don't find a UNIX system delivered without at least three editors:
-
- ed - Common campground for computer travellers.
- ex - EXpanded Ed(itor).
- vi - VIsual Ex.
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- Whenever a program needs to call an editor it often searches for the
- environment variable $EDITOR and if defined exec* the editor defined
- here. If not defined it will search for a default editor (usually vi -
- since it's the most user friendly of the three standard editors).
-
- Kim Chr. Madsen
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- Volume-Number: Volume 9, Number 26
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