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From: guy@sun.UUCP
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Subject: Re: VI(1) vs. the world
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 17:34:30 EST
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> 	However, I still prefer regular expressions as they are
> implemented in VI(1), EX(1), and oh yea, lets not forget an old favorite
> called ED(1).

So do I, which is why I'm glad the version of EMACS *I* use has exactly that
same kind of regular expression.  The claim that "vi" is better than EMACS
because "vi" has "ed"-style regular expressions and EMACS doesn't is false;
versions of EMACS exist that do have "ed"-style regular expressions.

> By the way, isn't there something to be said for 3 different
> editors based on the same command-line edit syntax?

Like what?
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