Date:         Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:47:37 -0500
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From:         Jerry Davis <jwd@GRIFFIN.UGA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: unix editors
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"A.J. Rossini" wrote:

> I hate commenting on such a vile editor (yes, occassionally I'll use
> an Emacs emulation for VI from time to time, called vile), but I
> thought that VIM, the 'modern VI replacement" , did column/rectangular
> selection?

vi is user friendly compared to the old DOS editor edlin.  Although
neither could hold a candle to QED under MVS/TSO or whatever it was called
back then.

Man, that was one sweet tool.  Those late session with a TI Silent 700
w/acoustic coupler at 300 baud was heaven compared to punch cards.  :-)

I wish I had kept my user guide.

Jerry

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Jerry Davis
Experimental Statistics
UGA, CAES, Griffin Campus