Re: [OT] Re: Re Re [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! How doIsetthedefault editor soI can TRASH IT?

[Jim Reimer]

Tom Massey wrote:
> 
> Mallard wrote:
> 
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> > I think its all a way for geeks to keep their day jobs. make the exec's
> > think you are worth something because you know some cryptic commands you
> > can type in. The more crap you remember, the more you move up the geek
> > ladder. Why do people hang on to VT100 80 X 24 1983 technology like its
> > some sort of wonderful thing?
> 
> Because VTxxx *is* a wonderful thing in a lot of ways. Read up on it
> before you say it's out of date. Can be very useful for hooking up old
> machines that can't handle a GUI, but can still be useful.
> 
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By the way....  VTxxx technology goes back at _least_ to the mid 70's -
long before 1983 - and if you're trying to do something on a shell account
with a slow dialup line, I agree, it "*is* a wonderful thing" ;-)

-jdr-