Re: non-moan about scrolling

In article <1ifxvf0.df639u1yp9xkgN%peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Ceresole) wrote:

Ian McCall <ian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I take it all here have seen ed?

Oh jeez, I remember in DOS, knowing a geek who used EDLIN from choice. I
even learnt to use it, and for several hours at a time I could remember
how.

Well; half hours.

Then I forgot how. And never needed to know, ever again. Nirvana, of
sorts, achieved.

When I was at SLAC 20 years ago and unix arrived, there were arguments
about which editor should be the standard recommended: vi, ed, emacs,
jove, etc (is etc an editor? - hmmm).

As I had actual work to do I decided to use notepad until the decision
was made and I could "learn" the "proper" editor, and five mins later
was happily coding. Six months later when I was given an ultrix box,
they were still arguing, and I suddenly realised I *was* using a proper
editor - it was the geeks who weren't.

They may be still arguing for all I know or care.
.

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