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Subject: Re: vi? lynx? please! 
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> On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Will Senn wrote:

> > vi? primitive? Somebody's not thinking clearly here!

> There _are_ better editors, without a shadow of a doubt. However many
> sysadmins swear by vi with good reason.

Vim?  I don't know about nvi and elvis; I've never tried them.  But vim 
can color-code my fortran, so I'll grant it's better :)  

hawk




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