Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:36:23 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Jason Halbert <jason@jason-n3xt.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi Message-ID: <3B24E577.61A05B10@nisser.com> References: <000d01c0f242$669b7000$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > ... > >No it isn't <g>. At least I've only used line editors with ASR's, both the > >new sleak ones and the old ones that inspired terse command names > ><g>, running > >at up to that baudrate. > > > > Your probably not using a good terminal emulation program then. Who says > the screen needs to have 24 lines? In severe bandwidth situations I > resize to 5 lines in length and issue LINES=5 export and vi works very > well at 80x5. In fact, it's faster because if you insert in a line in ed, > if your an untrusting individual like I am invariably you have the > system reprint the line. An insert in a terminal emulation screen shows > what the heck is going on. and uses fewer characters because the terminal > emulation does the insert. Who's talking about emulation? I meant the actual teletypes, both the ASR-21 (I believe) and the newer ASR-33 or some such number. The former needed keypress forces of more than a pound. They didn't even have a screen, paper roll only, well, and puch <g>. But you're right about having to reprint in ed. But this was just after the IBM 029 and hollerith cards, so I wasn't complaining ;). The things a higher education teaches you <g>. 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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