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- From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
- Subject: Re: VI??? GROSS!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.024616.17732@dmp.csiro.au>
- Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
- References: <Z8U84BL@math.fu-berlin.de> <BxprL6.86E@gabriel.keele.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:46:16 GMT
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- phd85@seq1.keele.ac.uk (D.H. Holden) writes:
-
- >From article <Z8U84BL@math.fu-berlin.de>, by wolff@inf.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolff):
- > I've only been using vi for a few month, and have found it can do all
- > the things that Thomas Wolf seem to think it can't. Try useing something
- > before critising, it make your case that much stronger.
- > I've been astounded at the misrepresentations about the capabilities
- > of vi. It's actually very powerful when combined with the operating
- > system it comes standard with, i.e. UNIX.
- > If it does have a fault it's the lack of online documentation.
- >
- >Try useing something
- > before critising.
-
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ma (move to end of critising) y`a (move to
- > end of paragraph, p
-
- The fact that vi is powerfull is part of the problem with new users
- of UNIX. They need something simple that is easy to learn.
- VI is not in this category.
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