4 ms·
Ahhh vi. I was reading the article hoping to see mention of vi… Emacs was cool too, but I never got hooked - was very comfortable in vi land as it was the firs
by meierjo 5y ago
Ahhh vi. I was reading the article hoping to see mention of vi…
Emacs was cool too, but I never got hooked - was very comfortable in vi land as it was the first editor I used on the old time terminals (green/amber CRT and a keyboard you could kill with). Oh the power of vi/EMACs and regular expressions without ever lifting a finger from the keyboard!
- jes 5y agoExactly. I well remember the green or amber 24x80 terminals. Televideo, Lear-Siegler, etc. Bundles of twisted pair cable for tty lines back to the machine room. Good times....
- makapuf 5y agoBut wasn't vi the Fancy Tool then?
- ontouchstart 5y agoThat is why I started to use ed. Much better than vi because you THINK in a buffer :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor)