On Wed, 14 Sep 2016, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi > *and* Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages like, > 'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the editor > that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time.
> Ed, man! !man ed Yeah, and in the early 1960s I fed paper tape into a Burroughs mainframe, in the early 1970s I fed 80-column Hollerith cards into the IBM S/360, and in the late 1970s I used a Teletype terminal and Diablo typewriter/printer. Using ed is like flipping logic switches on the front of the computer to program it. Now is much better. Both emacs and vi do the job; pick the one you like. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
