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Re: most common text editors in popular distros?

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From Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.dev.null
Subject Re: most common text editors in popular distros?
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Date Sat, 13 Jun 2020 00:31:04 +0000 (UTC)
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In comp.os.linux.misc, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 12/06/2020 20:09, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> I wasn't. I merely pointed out that the objection to a GUI based editor
>>> was irrational and the case used to support it was spurious, emotional
>>> and faux moral - i.e. politically Left Wing
>>> Bringing politics and morals into software is a strange thing to do.
>> You are the only person bringing politics and morals into this. I think you
>> need examine why.
> Perhaps because I have far more insight into  how the collective 
> political mind works, because I stand outside it.

I believe you have far less insight into how the "collective political
mind works" than you judge yourself.

> Like a fish swimming in the sea, you simply don't notice the water.

I live in a world of air, and notice the air around me all the time. It
carries smells, has temperature gradients, it moves in drafts. I believe
fish can similarly notice the water, and you deceive yourself with
aphorisms and think yourself wise.

Elijah
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doesn't usually kill file people but does start to ignore them

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Re: most common text editors in popular distros? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-06-13 00:31 +0000

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