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From: bs692@torfree.net (Joe D. Urbasik)
Subject: Re: vi reference mugs
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Kazinator (kaz@cafe.net) wrote:

: I have thought about it, but I have all the stuff I need to know memorized!
: I can't imagine what I'd put on a vi mug that would work for *me*. But
: I wouldn't mind passing around such mugs to people who need the basics.

You're missing the obvious trolling capabilities of such a device ...

Imagine a co-worker coming up to you and asking if you have a spare 
coffee cup. Noting the sad T-shirt proclaiming "Reality is just a feature 
of EMACS" you nonchalantly hand him your VI command mug.

He thanks you and walks a few paces away before jolting to a stop, and 
asking "Hey, what are these hieroglyphics ??? These look like ... No! 
it can't be. Don't tell me you use ... aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh".

And then he runs away to find the nearest vi exorcist.

- Joe.
-- 
Joe Urbasik				Don't believe in forced entry
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