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- From: jim@applix.com (Jim Morton [ext 237])
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Subject: Re: Still no VI for NT!
- Summary: VI is not archaic!
- Message-ID: <1617@applix.com>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 01:41:55 GMT
- References: <1992Jul14.163740.23231@hyper.hyper.com> <1992Jul22.181309.9622@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Organization: Applix, Inc., Westboro, MA
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- > I DO find it amusing that we are all
- > getting excited about a new OS that touts graphical interfaces, windows,
- > and mouse support, while some people still prefer editors that were
- > created specifically for a character-based interface with no windows,
- > mouse, or even support for the keyboards we are all using.
-
- why so amusing? people who can make a key-based interface fly, like
- in VI or 1-2-3, don't want to waste time futzing around with the mouse.
- I love GUI based products for most things, but for massive editing of
- existing text files (not documents, just source code files) I prefer
- to fly with VI. *Good* GUI based products have well-thought out key
- accelerators for exactly this reason...why ya think they call 'em
- accelerators?!
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- Jim Morton, Applix Inc., Westboro, MA
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