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From: rt@cpsc53.UUCP (Ron Thompson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: vi - Is there a ruler line function?
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Date: Sun, 23-Mar-86 20:32:47 EST
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> > Doesn't vi have this capability?  I can't find it in the documentation.
> > I do know that you can use ':#z=' (# = line no.) to bracket a line with lines
> > of minuses, but how about a real ruler?
> 
trivia-
There used to be a utility called se (screen editor) that came bundled
with AT&T Unix - it's in the old System V manual.  It did have a nice
ruler across the top of the screen.  It was the first editor I learned
because it was in the book and vi wasn't.  I just couldn't bear to use
ed on a screen, even though I did have to learn it.
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