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