[Cumbria] CUMBRIA LUG -- Red Hat cp SuSE

[Michael Saunders]

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Roger Cope wrote:

> I have to say that I wish vi were dead and buried. My first programs
> were written using line editors like EDLIN and ED.

Edlin? Ouch! Vi does seem pretty archaic but some of the commands
available to perform multiple operations at once are supremely useful; ViM
is still a much better choice in that respec though.

> Notepad is good in Windows.

I always end up using EDIT.COM on any Win32 box simply because it displays
line numbers -- can't believe that's still not in Notepad.

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Michael Saunders
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