chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) (08/31/88)
I don't mean to rekindle any flame wars or anything, but why are there now TWO groups that carry handy hints, trivia and self-help information for various emacs's, but none for vi? I'm sort of a power user of vi and would be willing to help folks out with questions. By the same token, I'm sure there are lotsa tricks I haven't stumbled on and would enjoy reading about. What gives? Certainly it's not that vi is so intuitive it doesn't need any explaining, and we all know how lucid the manuals are. 'Spose there is enough interest to start a new group? -crl --------------- "I read the news today, oh boy!" --John Lennon =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | DCF, Inc. | UUCP: ...ncar!noao!nud!anasaz!dcfinc!chad | | 14623 North 49th Place | Ma Bell: (602) 953-1392 | | Scottsdale, AZ 85254 | Loran: N-33deg37min20sec W-111deg58min26sec | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Disclaimer: These ARE the opinions of my employer! | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (09/01/88)
chad@anasaz.uucp writes:
I don't mean to rekindle any flame wars or anything, but why are there
now TWO groups that carry handy hints, trivia and self-help
information for various emacs's, but none for vi?
The newsgroup comp.emacs has existed for years and years and has
always been a place for people to discuss emacs in any of its very
large number of incarnations.
The newsgroup gnu.emacs is very recent, gatewayed with the mailing
list info-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu, and specific to development and
availability issues for GNU Emacs. There is a subgroup gnu.emacs.bugs
where people report on flaws and fixes to GNU Emacs.
I see no reason why there isn't a comp.vi (or, I think more
appropriately, a series comp.editors, comp.editors.emacs,
comp.editors.vi), so I suggest you head for news.groups and suggest
it if you're sufficiently motivated.
--Karlbob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (09/01/88)
In article <21133@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes: >... There is a subgroup gnu.emacs.bugs ... Close - it's gnu.emacs.bug, chosen to correspond with the name of the mailing list. Similarly for the other four gnu.*.bug groups. Perhaps gnu.*.bugs would have been more conventional in the Usenet world, but now the die is cast... -=- Zippy sez, --Bob Talking Pinhead Blues: Oh, I LOST my ``HELLO KITTY'' DOLL and I get BAD reception on channel TWENTY-SIX!! Th'HOSTESS FACTORY is closin' down and I just heard ZASU PITTS has been DEAD for YEARS.. (sniff) My PLATFORM SHOE collection was CHEWED up by th'dog, ALEXANDER HAIG won't let me take a SHOWER 'til Easter.. (snurf) So I went to the kitchen, but WALNUT PANELING whup me upside mah HAID!! (on no, no, no.. Heh, heh)