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- From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
- Subject: Edlin Angst ( Re: What's wrong with Windows (Re: MS grasping at ...
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 17:09:19 GMT
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- In a previous article, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) says:
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- >In article <1992Jul15.015738.15890@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> gupw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Paul Wagland) writes:
- >
- >>Hey you forgot about their all time stroke of genius: edlin!
- >>
- >>I mean Microsoft are so proud of this baby they decided to include it
- >>with Doze 5.0, even though they had that perfectly pathetic full screen
- >>editor edit! (I know that some people actually like edit, but I don't
- >>blame them for it).
- >
- >
- >Eh? I LIKE Edlin. For editing short batch files theres nothing
- >quicker.
- >
- >--
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- >Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala
- >Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach
- >Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !
- >
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- This is a joke, no?
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- If it is not, perhaps Iskandar needs some form of professional help.
-
- =) =) =)
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- I think is is safe to say that edlin is one of the most universally
- despised editors. Line editors are a pathetic throw back to when
- there were no crt's.
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- And nothing is quicker than 'copy con' for making short batch files.
-