Re: default editor
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:39:58PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Alan Shutko wrote:
>
> > Will Yardley <you@aredumb.com> writes:
> >
> > > Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org>:
> > >
> > >> Some programs use VISUAL, some EDITOR, some both... the distinction
> > >> between them has long been lost.
> > >
> > > Perhaps, but EDITOR is supposed to be your line editor, and VISUAL your
> > > full screen editor, or at least that's what I've always been told.
> >
> > Sure. But that distinction hasn't really been meaningful for at
> > least a decade, and people writing programs these days don't
> > necessarily follow it.
>
> And by way of illustrating just how worthless the distinction is these
> days... when was the last time you actually used a line editor
> interactively?
At least once a week, usually more... last time a couple of hours ago.
Pigeon
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