[net.unix] Use of ``vi'' for business office w

carroll@snail.CS.UIUC.EDU (09/20/86)

In article <1246@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
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>	In my humble :-) opinion, I cannot think of any editor more universally
>useful than ``vi'' (yes, I know about Emacs, but I still prefer ``vi''). 

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And for an editor, I have never found anything leaner and meaner than vi.

You've obviously never seen BRIEF in action. Now THAT's an editor. All the
power of EMACS, but fast (pages don't plot, they appear), and a REAL undo.