Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: Interesting vi bug/feature Message-ID: <725@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 11:11:11 EST Article-I.D.: watcgl.725 Posted: Tue Dec 11 11:11:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 03:34:09 EST References: <1705@umcp-cs.UUCP> <64@mit-athena.ARPA> Reply-To: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 18 Summary: In article <64@mit-athena.ARPA> martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo) writes: >Why is the net so cluttered with discussions of vi? > >Vi is an archaic editor which ATT in their infinite stupidity decided >to make the official unix editor. > >I have a workstation (Blit-like but better). I can do block modes of >text from one window to another. Think what would happen if I tried to >do a block mode of text to a window where vi was being run in command >mode. Disaster strikes! Emacs is primitive compared to my terminal. I >should be able to press a key and then italic bit-maps should be put in >my file as the italics appear on my screen. Likewise for other fonts or >foreign character sets. To tell the truth in five-years ascii oriented >editors will be a bad memory. Why is the net so cluttered with bragging? Dave Martindale