[X4U] How can we compete?

lists3-200402 lists3-200402 at verizon.net
Wed Nov 3 20:39:37 PST 2004


Craig <craig at craigwdesigns.com> wrote:

>On Nov 2, 2004, at 9:13 PM, lists3-200402 wrote:
>
>  > although i own both a mac (running osx) and a pc (running windows xp),
>  > i don't spend much time on the pc - it doesn't have vi.
>
>Why not? gvim for windoze works great. It's a lot better then the OS X
>port...
>Not to mention vim for DOS; I used to take it to school on a floppy so
>I wouldn't have to use notepad. No problems there.
>
>- Craig

vi is on every 'nix so it's the editor i was taught from the 
beginning to use. you can't install stuff on a client's server so you 
use what's there. vi is the most common editor. sure, you have vim, 
gvim, emacs, etc., but i prever the very old, stable and widely used 
vi. :)


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