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| From | Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development |
| Date | 2015-09-17 20:35 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d60mg1Ft6e6U4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <1358778540464113928.912753peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <mtddor12qjb@news7.newsguy.com> <mtdjlv$vhg$1@dont-email.me> <i3lqcc-g59.ln1@sambook.reistad.name> <d5vufcFdc1bU1@mid.individual.net> |
On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:45:16 +0000, Huge wrote: > On 2015-09-17, Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> wrote: >> In article <mtdjlv$vhg$1@dont-email.me>, >> Charles Richmond <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote: >>>"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message >>>news:mtddor12qjb@news7.newsguy.com... >>>> On 2015-09-16, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> [snip...] [snip...] >>>> [snip...] >>>> >>>> Actually, I believe in using whatever works best, and sometimes a GUI >>>> can do things more efficiently than a keyboard. Unfortunately, there >>>> seems to be a lot of software that tries to force your hands off the >>>> keyboard. I wonder whether it's even possible to explain to some >>>> people why vi commands were designed the way they are. >>>> >>>> >>>"vi" was designed for the time it was developed and the prevailing >>>conditions then. Why use mercury delay line memory units??? Because >>>DRAM was far in the future!!! >>> >>>The past has to be understood in its own context. Otherwise, the past >>>will *not* be properly understood. >> >> I still like to have vi available, > > Me too. How else are you going to edit files when you've ssh'd into a > server from your 'phone? I use ed for those situations. When I started using UNIX, that was all we had.
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OT: Getting into Mac software development Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-14 00:06 +0000
Re: OT: Getting into Mac software development Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-09-13 21:48 -0400
Re: OT: Getting into Mac software development Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-14 09:43 +0000
Re: OT: Getting into Mac software development Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-09-14 10:37 +0000
Re: Getting into Mac software development "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-14 15:17 -0500
Re: Getting into Mac software development Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-09-15 11:56 +0000
Re: Getting into Mac software development Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-15 17:48 +0000
Re: Getting into Mac software development Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-15 21:25 +0200
Re: Getting into Mac software development Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-09-15 17:15 -0400
Re: Getting into Mac software development Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-16 22:00 +0000
Re: Getting into Mac software development Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-17 03:58 +0000
!!!Re: Getting into Mac software development "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-17 00:40 -0500
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-09-17 05:59 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-17 01:10 -0500
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-09-17 07:10 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-17 11:51 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-09-17 08:57 -0400
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-17 13:34 +0200
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-17 13:45 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-09-17 16:38 +0200
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-17 11:34 -0400
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-17 16:10 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development lawrence@cluon.com - 2015-09-17 20:29 +0200
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-17 20:35 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-09-17 21:39 -0400
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-09-18 11:36 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-09-18 12:45 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-09-18 15:20 +0100
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-18 18:31 -0500
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-19 00:06 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-09-19 04:50 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-19 10:01 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2015-09-21 19:28 -0400
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Alan Bowler <atbowler@thinkage.ca> - 2015-10-21 15:47 -0400
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-17 16:15 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-09-17 16:28 +0000
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development lawrence@cluon.com - 2015-09-17 20:33 +0200
Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-18 18:33 -0500
Re: Getting into Mac software development hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-17 09:47 -0700
Re: Getting into Mac software development Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-17 19:51 +0000
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