On Thursday 01 May 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 1 May 2008 10:30:18 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > What a horrible suggestion, not only does it use vi - three > > > times! - but it ends with a goto! > > > > Here's a much more horrible thing: In which way does the > > suggestion, horrible as it is, depart from reality? > > Your reality must be bad if you have to use vi that often ;-)
The last time my machine was (a) switch on for more than 5 minutes and (b) was not running vi either locally or in a remote screen session, was ... lemme think ... sometime around 2004?? vi is good vi is TheOneTrueUnixWay(tm) vi runs anywhere vi works on keyboards from the '70s vi was written by Bill Joy Bill Joy wrote lots of good stuff in BSD Our favourite OS owes a lot to BSD using vi pays homage to those magnificent BSD'ers of old If you hold up your hand with all fingers except the ring finger extended, it spells "vi" to others Bram works at Google I had a vi question two weeks ago. A colleague found a good friend at Google on IRC and asked him for help with the vi question. This good friend said "Hang on a sec, I'll ask Bram, he sits two desks away" (!!) The universe does not drop obvious nano hints in our laps like it does with vi (see above). The universe's will in this regard is self-evident. I rest my case. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- [email protected] mailing list
