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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 6 Mar 1997 16:19:27 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <331E391A.54E4@skypoint.com>,
George Penzenik  <gpenzen@skypoint.com> wrote:
> Allen Brady Montz wrote:
> > In my case, after using vi for 1 day, I was doing things I had no idea how to
> > do in other editors.

> What were you using before?  Edlin. 

In my case, emacs and visual teco.

Honest.

There are people for whom the disciplined vi command structure just
works better. And some people just can't seem to ever get the hang of it.
-- 

             The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH.

                  Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-'