[ale] Vim is 20!

[Lightner, Jeff]

The first time I used vi (on real AT&T UNIX SVR3) I ran the tutorial and it made me type a short thing to test my skills.

What I typed started:

"VI stands for "visual editor" because the people who wrote it don't know how to abbreviate properly..."

:-)





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Myers
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 9:02 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Vim is 20!

Jim Kinney wrote:
> Yesterday's /.
> Joy wrote vi not vim.

Duh..., thanks.

Until later, Geoffrey

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