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From: ed@plx.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing
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Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 21:15:34 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 24 21:15:34 1986
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> > Keywords: ``vi'' word-processing non-programmers
> > Xref: dartvax net.text:1148 net.unix:8174
> > 
> > I have been involved in word-processing in the Physics Dept.  Because
> > of the math requirements, WYSIWIG's were pretty well excluded, so we
> > used eqn, tbl, and troff.  Once the decision to use an embedded-command
> > WP system was made, we had to teach our secretaries an editor, and
> > found that there was little problem in using "vi".
> >
> The secretaries at the University of Virginia had no trouble learning basic
> Unix, files, vi, tbl, eqn, and troff.

I got news for ya!

AT&T secretaries use vi !!!
I'm *NOT* kidding, My sister's one of 'em!!

Ed Chaban
Plexus Computers Inc.
Phone: (408) 943-2226
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