upgrading xorg?

[Database Administrator]

In article ,
Will Parsons wrote:

% learned vi - when Emacs isn't available, I use the *standard* editor - ed.
% (Seriously - a line editor has the advantage over any screen editor in
% that it doesn't depend on having suitable terminal settings.)

But you must admit that there are times when using ed is even less
convenient than using vi.

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Patrick TJ McPhee
North York Canada
ptjm@interlog.com

[Database Administrator]

Patrick TJ McPhee wrote:
> In article ,
> Will Parsons wrote:
>
> % learned vi - when Emacs isn't available, I use the *standard* editor - ed.
> % (Seriously - a line editor has the advantage over any screen editor in
> % that it doesn't depend on having suitable terminal settings.)
>
> But you must admit that there are times when using ed is even less
> convenient than using vi.
>
Sure - my point was simply that vi is not indispensible.

- Will