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Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.



Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:

> Jim <jim@laney.edu> wrote:
> > Why? I think you see vi as I see gpm and they see mc: as an "essential 
> > convenience".
> 
> vi has the advantage of being backward compatible into the early '80s.
> 
> The only unix editors which vie with vi for standardness are ed (the
> unix standard), and emacs (backwards compatible into the early '70s).
                      ^^^^^
Now _THAT'S_ a great idea... A boot disk with emacs... Hmmm... Size...
Darn... :)

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