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From: bob@ns.UUCP (Robert J. Mathias)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi Alternative Required
Message-ID: <33@ns.UUCP>
Date: 7 Dec 90 08:43:23 GMT
References: <1616@ukpoit.co.uk> <109752@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: bob@ns.UUCP (Robert J. Mathias)
Organization: Unisys Corporation; Irvine, California
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>I've seen lots of secretaries using vi to write complex papers in troff
>with eqn and tbl.  If they can do this, I just can't believe an
>operator or progammer needs something that hold their hand more.  These
>people are just being lazy.  Don't let them make you go through a lot
>of work just because they don't want to.
>
Unlike secretaries, programmers (those that don't come from Unix) have been
exposed to other editors.  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).  So why
call them lazy when they only want better tools?  
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Robert J. Mathias, Jr                uucp: ...!uunet!ccicpg!uis-oc!ns.UUCP!bob
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