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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.154100.1276@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:41:00 GMT
- References: <sherman.721291094@foster> <BxGu2H.A62@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1382@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk> <1992Nov18.004652.2591@global.hacktic.nl> <BxxH2D.AEv@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Organization: Global Village 1
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- rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) 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.
-
- >That's not fair either. Compare it with "textedit" (or crisp) under
- >Openwindows.
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- No, because crisp isn't delivered with the system. E.EXE and NOTEPAD.EXE are
- editors, like vi and are delivered with the system, like vi. But they are
- easy to use but rather limited, unlike vi.
-
- >>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 :-)
-
- Yes, but there is a good reason to deviate from the standard here.
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