[Cumbria] CUMBRIA LUG -- Red Hat cp SuSE

[Ken Hough]

Michael Saunders wrote:

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>On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Roger Cope wrote:
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>>I have to say that I wish vi were dead and buried. My first programs
>>were written using line editors like EDLIN and ED.
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>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.
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>>Notepad is good in Windows.
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>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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When I use MS DOS/Windows, EDIT is my choice as well. Probably because I 
also use the old MS Quick BASIC v4.5 (not QBasic) and MS Quick C v2.5, 
which look/feel similar.

Ken Hough