[Novalug] vi help, please

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Sun Dec 27 18:39:33 EST 2009


On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Jay Hart wrote:

> It is still to be determined if Alan will do this in the future...
>
> Jay
>
>> It think that is a brilliant plan.  The X2 editor is based on the old E family
>> of editors (http://www.tangbu.com/x2main.shtml) and available for Linux among
>> other operating systems.  (Sadly, I couldn't find any source for it.)  Alan
>> can give us a demo of the editor and all its features.

is this a source for it?

X2 Editor Home Page

X2 Windows GUI (XWing) Version 2.09.1 Beta released, April 11, 2009. 
Please use the mailing list at x2-help@softwoehr.com for comments and bug 
reports.

http://www.tangbu.com/x2main.shtml


>>
>> jf
>>
>> On Dec 25, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Jay Hart wrote:
>>
>>> Alan,
>>>
>>> You Sir, should take it upon yourself to convert everyone of us vi users to
>>> E,
>>> Kwrite, or nano.  I think you can do it, and here is how:
>>>
>>> In March, April, or May, you will lead the NOVALUG meeting discussion on the
>>> differences of each of the four editors and provide their design
>>> philosophies
>>> and show us how the same types of tasks are done in the four editors.  Show
>>> us
>>> why E or nano is easier to use, and how to use it.  (You can provide more
>>> details here yourself)
>>>
>>> I very much look forward to this meeting, and I'm sure Greg really
>>> appreciates
>>> you stepping forward as a host of this meeting.
>>>
>>> Have a great day,
>>>
>>> Jay Hart
>>>
>>>> There is only one piece of advice for using vi, that's DON'T.
>>>>
>>>> vi is remarkable in that it actually appears to damage people's brains.
>>>> People who use vi, think that it is the epitome of usability, and then
>>>> they go on to develop the rest of the software you see on a linux
>>>> system. That's why linux sucks. =(
>>>>
>>>> Good non-brain dammaging editors include nano and kwrite, both will do
>>>> everything you need. If you want to see how an editor should work, come
>>>> over to my place and I'll show you E for IBM PC-DOS 7.0. For reasons
>>>> that defy all common sense, it will STILL humiliate every other editor
>>>> in use today.
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> DO NOT BUY OBAMACARE.
>>>> Powers are not rights.
>>>>
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