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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!news1.mpcs.com!zdc!super.zippo.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!infeed2.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!193.56.58.33!brainstorm.fr!frmug.fr.net!fz!ag From: ag@fz.frmug.org (Alexandre Golovanivsky) Subject: Re: unix acronyms - collecting a list? Message-ID: <ED5tq3.337@fz.frmug.org> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 15:01:14 GMT Lines: 11 References: <5p797t$f4n@news0-alterdial.uu.net> <33B806A0.1E03920B@ncofsi.com> <33B937C5.2473@facstaff.wisc.edu> <33C5752C.6D7D@pop.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: Free Zone unix BBS, France. X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-16colors PL0] Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:3687 comp.unix.shell:47011 comp.os.linux.misc:184427 comp.os.linux.x:66352 alt.os.linux:23042 gnu.misc.discuss:32277 comp.unix.solaris:112487 Don Heller (dheller@pop.jpl.nasa.gov) wrote: > But see the O'Reilly book, Learnig the vi Editor. On > page 1: (vi is short for visual editor and is > pronounced "vee-eye.") I believe "vi" is short for "Visual Interface" rather than "Visual Editor". I read it somewhere. -- Alexandre Golovanivsky - ag@fz.frmug.org - OpenBSD, Linux.