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From: larry@tessi.UUCP (Larry Gillespie)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: comp.editors.vi
Message-ID: <636@curly.tessi.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 91 23:41:27 GMT
References: <1991Feb1.172312.1921@arrayb.uucp> <1991Feb01.204935.7996@convex.com>
Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Beaverton, Oregon
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In article <1991Feb01.204935.7996@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
>Ok, let's rename comp.emacs to comp.editors.emacs,

Good idea.

>create comp.editors.vi,

Good idea.

>pipe gnu.emacs.* into comp.editors.emacs,

Bad idea.  GNU Emacs is an entity unto itself.  It isn't the only
Emacs going, ya know.  It's got a huge following of folks who want to
discuss its unique intricacies.  Let 'em stay where they are.

>and rename comp.editors to comp.editor.neither-vi-nor-emacs.

Bad idea.  Leave comp.editors in place.  That's still fine for the
general discussion of editing issues.

>Really, a killfile line should take care of the vi talk for
>those of you that don't care for it.  It's not as though because
>of vi talk there can't be other stuff here.

Yes, kill files work.  But, they are dreadfully slow on my machine, and
presumably on a lot of others.  Besides, it's not that there isn't a
place for mentioning vi and emacs within a general discussion group for
editors, but vi-specific tips and such just get in the way for people who
couldn't care less.  When that is about 80% of the traffic, it is time
that it had a separate newsgroup, IMHO.


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