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From: jack@lexis-nexis.com (Jack Frillman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
Date: 24 Feb 1997 19:09:46 GMT
Organization: LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton OH
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Darren Lo (darrenlo@umich.edu) wrote:
: On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:09:25 GMT, Sang K. Choe (sangria@inlink.com) said something to the effect of:
: : Sorry, power I can agree with, but usability? That's an utter and
: : total crock. Vi is the single most user hostile application I have
: : ever had the misfortune of using or trying to teach another to use.
: Heh, heh. Try getting somebody who's never seen vi, ex, and their ilk
: to run ed. ;)
: Here's a transcript of what I think is a typical session:
: myunixbox% ed
: This is a test.
: ?
: Hello, world
: ?
: help
: ?
: ?
: ?
: man ed
: ?
: quit
: ?
: exit
: ?
: ^C
: ?
: ^Z
: ?
: !
: !
: (etc... followed by the sounds of a swearing user and a terminated
: connection ;) Note the simplicity, consistency, and power of ed's
: error reporting.
: Having said all that, I must say that I love what I can do with vi,
: even if I can't yet be called a vi power user.
Sounds like me using a Windoze application.
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