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- From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
- Subject: Re: WARNING!!!! major problem with vi and possibly every other app around! (was: help I don't understand write caches like smartdrive 3.1)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.163252.31677@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
- References: <1992Aug14.141659.328@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <1992Aug14.232515.5824@cco.caltech.edu> <1992Aug15.074707.24279@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 16:32:52 GMT
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- gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka) writes:
- >nyet@cco.caltech.edu (n liu) writes:
- >>The other day I was editing a file with vi and I quit using :q!
- >>I lost ALL my changes!!!! I belive this to be a major problem with vi.
- >(suppressing urge to say RTFM ...)
- >You are either new to vi or left your terminal unattended.
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- Ring ring...Ring ring. Hold on, I have to get the clue phone. Hello...Greg,
- it's for you.
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- Liu was kidding. He waas making a comment along the lines of "No program is
- foolproof, because fools are so ingenious."
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- Michael
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- Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on
- kaufman | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in
- @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be
- | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die. Roy Batty
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