tony@linus.UUCP (Tony E. Davis) (04/07/88)
Article 492 of comp.windows.misc: Path: linus!philabs!prls!pyramid!hplabs!hpcea!hpfcdc!hpfclp!diamant From: diamant@hpfclp.HP.COM (John Diamant) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Re: A/UX window systems, Mac tool...( Hum Interface) (calibration) Message-ID: <10700002@hpfclp.HP.COM> Date: 1 Apr 88 23:32:20 GMT References: <6895@drutx.ATT.COM> Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO Lines: 32 >> It is impossible to define modedness well enough to allow experimental >> comparisons of moded and non-moded systems. The sentence is cute, but ... >> Gilbert Cockton, Scottish HCI Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Chambers St., > Not true. Emacs is a good example of a modeless editor (in contrast to > vi). Now, I know you are immediately going to object (if you are familiar ... > [John Diamant, SDE, Hewlett-Packard Co., Fort Collins, CO] vi doesn't have modes, although it does have some commands that may take exceptionally long arguments :-). (I hope the point is clear.) Tony Davis (617) 271-2146 The MITRE Corporation MS A114 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 U.S.A. tony@linus.b.mitre.org linus!tony tony%linus@mitre-bedford.ARPA