Re: text editor and your postscript

2010-06-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 06:40:14PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 08:25:54PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > > On 2010.06.03 19:46, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > If anything, it's *you* who took things into the realm of politics by > > > pulling it out of the signature block w

Re: text editor and your postscript

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Bertrand
On 2010.06.03 20:40, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 08:25:54PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> ...here's an example... use vi(m). It solves ALL of the world's problems. > > I'm beginning to think nvi, in particular, might do so. For one thing, > it has a friendlier license (since w

Re: text editor and your postscript

2010-06-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 08:25:54PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > On 2010.06.03 19:46, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > If anything, it's *you* who took things into the realm of politics by > > pulling it out of the signature block where it belonged. > > Nicely put Chad. Thanks! > > ...here's an ex

Re: text editor and your postscript

2010-06-03 Thread Steve Bertrand
On 2010.06.03 19:46, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:49:04PM +0200, Richard T C Farnes wrote: >> To Matthias Apitz [ ...snip ...] >> Yours sincerely >> Richard Farnes > > I don't recall any "netiquette" rules about making your signature block > on-topic. Aren't you getting a bit

Re: text editor and your postscript

2010-06-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:49:04PM +0200, Richard T C Farnes wrote: > To Matthias Apitz > I read with interest your contribution and those of others in text editor > usage. In this I do not have much to contribute as I am so far perfectly > happy with vi. > BUT I noticed your political comment a

Re: text editor and your postscript

2010-06-03 Thread Richard T C Farnes
To Matthias Apitz I read with interest your contribution and those of others in text editor usage. In this I do not have much to contribute as I am so far perfectly happy with vi. BUT I noticed your political comment at the end of your contribution. I find this out of place as this questions si