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From: mayoff@cs.utexas.edu (Robert Mayoff)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi Alternative Required
Message-ID: <1027@grit.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 90 03:03:52 GMT
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Organization: Dept of Computer Sciences, UTexas, Austin
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In article <33@ns.UUCP> bob@ns.UUCP (Robert J. Mathias) writes:
>Once a programmer with an open-mind has used
>a screen-based editor, they have a hard time accepting an editor like vi
>(a line-oriented editor with a screen interface grafted upon it).

Well, I have used a variety of editors and word processors, on PCs, Macs, Suns,
IBM 370s, and Apple //s.  I prefer vi over any other text processor, and a
vi/troff or vi/latex combination over any word-processor that I have used.  I
like vi for its blazing speed and its keyboard layout (hey, I *like* modes!),
and I like the flexibility that troff or latex offer.

>So why
>call them lazy when they only want better tools?  
I agree, they're not lazy; disliking vi is no crime.  However, better tools is
simply a state of mind.

Or lack thereof, in the case of Emacs. (that's a joke! :-)
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/_  rob		<mayoff@cs.utexas.edu>
 /_ Fun things to do with UNIX (#2 in a series):
  / echo "rsh `hostname` -n source eat.cpu &" > eat.cpu; source eat.cpu