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From: ralsina@ultra7.unl.edu.ar (Roberto Alsina)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 7 Mar 1997 14:56:46 GMT
Organization: Universidad Nacional de San Luis - Argentina
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In article <5fmqqf$8qq@web.nmti.com>, Peter da Silva wrote:
>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.
>

Visual TECO!!!!!!!! That should have been an editing experience :-)

>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? `-_-'


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