Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!jhunix!jeburke
From: jeburke@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (John Burke)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi (vs VMS/EDT)
Keywords: DEC bashing
Message-ID: <3328@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 17 Nov 89 16:31:16 GMT
References: <1989Nov14.223604.17418@cs.eur.nl> <1989Nov15.202718.12762@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <6995@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: jeburke@jhunix.UUCP (John Burke)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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In article <6995@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>
>You can't edit another file without quitting the file you're working on and
>going back to DCL or MCR. Discovering this was one of those "you've GOT to
>be kidding" experiences. You know, like the first time you found out about
>segments on the 8086.
>
>`-_-' Peter da Silva <peter@ficc.uu.net> <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
 
(As my English teacher in high school taught me to say...) This turns
out not to be the case.  In fact, it is trivial to edit using multiple
buffers in EDT.  If you have a manual set available, try looking up
multiple-buffer operations.  Specifically, look up "=name" and "find
=name".  It's actually not much clunkier than EMACS for movement
between buffers, and it certainly beats the hell out of vi with
respect to _any_ operation utilizing multiple buffers.

(And, to forestall any unfounded accusations, I use all three editors
regularly. I also dabble in XEDIT under CMS [the horror...the horror]
and have been known to use WordPerfect, Word, and even MacWrite.)