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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <sherman.721291094@foster> <BxGu2H.A62@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1382@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk> <1992Nov18.004652.2591@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:03:48 GMT
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- peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
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- >ppg@oasis.icl.co.uk (Philippe Goujard) writes:
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- >>Anyway I don't think it is very fair to compare vi and winword. One is a
- >>text editor created to edit mostly C sources the other is a word processor
- >>with graphic capabilities.
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- >I agree with that, compare it for instance with OS/2's E.EXE or Windows'
- >NOTEPAD.EXE. They're very limited, but very easy to use.
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- That's not fair either. Compare it with "textedit" (or crisp) under Openwindows.
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- >>Another problem to overcome is that many terminal emulators don't work too
- >>well : they treat certain keys locally. When you press F1 on some terminal
- >>emulators it doesnt send F1 to the remote machine and calls the local help
- >>menu.
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- >That's not the case for the PC terminal emulators I know. Most use some kind of
- >ALT combination.
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- I thought F1 is supposed to be a standard HELP key for Dos/Windows programs :-)
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- -- budi
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- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
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