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| From | "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: !!!Re: Getting into Mac software development |
| Date | 2015-09-17 01:10 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mtdlcj$4iv$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message news:mtdksp11esv@news3.newsguy.com... > On 2015-09-17, Charles Richmond <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote: > >> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message >> news:mtddor12qjb@news7.newsguy.com... >> >>> 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!!! > > I was thinking more about how vi was designed so that you never > have to move your hands away from the home position on the keyboard. > For a skilled typist, that makes a big difference. > > Oh wait, you said something about the prevailing conditions. > I guess skilled typists are becoming about as rare as those > mercury delay lines, so who cares... > "vi" was designed so it *could* be used over a 300 baud telephone connection. Some terminals had *no* "arrow keys", so h-j-k-l took the place of the arrow keys. Bill Joy also put together the "termcap" system so a myriad of different terminals (with different escape sequences) could be used with programs like "vi". "termcap" enteries are readable ASCII, unlike the later "compiled" "terminfo" library entries. -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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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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