Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:13:35 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi Message-ID: <19980618101335.17364@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199806171614.JAA05162@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from David Wolfskill on Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 09:14:58AM -0700 References: <199806171614.JAA05162@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 09:14:58AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
> >Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:24:12 -0700
> >From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>
>
> >No. The simple fact is, I don't want to right now, and don't yet see the
> >point in doing so. Personally, I believe this thread got heated because I
> >basically insulted an original, holy Unix text editor....
>
> Uhhmmm.... :-)
>
> No. vi isn't "original". It was written (essentially) by Bill Joy,
> while he was at UC Berkeley, as a "glass TTY" front-end for ex.
Where does ed fit into this history?
Is ed available everywhere?
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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