Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 14:41:51 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Jason Halbert <jason@jason-n3xt.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi Message-ID: <3B22198F.CB4908A3@nisser.com> References: <JEENJJEOICOIFPANEHOOKEAGCBAA.jason@jason-n3xt.org>
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Jason Halbert wrote: > > Why is vi the default choice of editor for UNIX and how did it become > the default? I find it cumbersome. Because they weren't there at the time. Besides, it's a big step up from having to use ed. As far as I can remember there were only vi and an early version of emacs. WordStar only came on the scene 1980 something and ran only on CP/M. > I'm just curious of it's advantages over joe or pico or any of the > others. It was available, the rest wasn't <g>. The edge over emacs was its size and simplicity. Not to mention its weird attraction on programmers ;). Roelof -- _______________________________________________________________________ eBOAź est. 1982 http://eBOA.com/ tel. +31-58-2123014 mailto:info@eBOA.com?subject=Information_request fax. +31-58-2160293 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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