Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: phil@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: can I get 'vi' for IBM-PC Keywords: Software Message-ID: <2918@kalliope.rice.edu> Date: 23 Mar 89 13:04:34 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 19 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Fri, 10 Mar 89 16:04:41 CST X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 208, message 3 of 22 > Another tragic vi-related disaster. There may be a chapter of VA > (Vi-aholics Anonymous) in your area. It's not too late! Have I ever told you my favorite "modal editor" disaster story? Seems this guy went to edit this report about editors, using his favorite modal editor (I think it was Xerox's "Bravo", but I'm not sure). Well, in the middle of editing, he was momentarily distracted by a phone call. After he finished with his call, he went back to his editing session. After looking at the screen, he went to type in the next word of the report, forgetting that he wasn't in insert mode. Unfortunately, the word he typed was "edit". "e" selected the entire document, "d" deleted the selected region, "i" put the editor in insert mode, and "t" was then promptly inserted in his buffer. His entire document had been replaced with the letter "t". Remember, kids, just say no! William LeFebvre