Editor Question

[Mark Stewart]

Jon,

If you just started using 'vi' it's a great editor...if you get paid by the hour.

Practice makes perfect, eh.

Mark

On Tue, 07 August 2001, Jon Hawks wrote:

> 
> Mark,
> I say this with all ernestness in that since we have
> history and are friends I'll share my experience with
> you and the members of this thread. When we worked
> together it was a time when Ux was on our plate and
> the vi editor was the tool of choice at that site. I
> liken its abilities to the line editor I so enjoyed
> back in 1974. In fact, after two hours of vi usage, I
> was absolutely convinced it was the same editor. I'm
> sure several editor developers throughout the history
> of Ux development tools wanted to make a good editor.
> Something universal, like Ux. But, that's not going to
> happen is it? Universal? How long will IT people
> believe in marketing fantasies?
> 
> --- Mark Stewart <stewm@canada.com> wrote:
> > I'll try this again.
> > 
> > This is not related to PowerHouse but we all have
> > used editors on multiple platforms while coding in
> > PowerHouse.
> > 
> > Is anyone familiar with the SET TAB SPACES option
> > with the TPU editor on the VMS platform?  This
> > allows you to use the TAB key without putting actual
> > tabs in the code. Here is my question.  Is there a
> > similiar way to tab in 'vi' (Unix)without actually
> > inserting a TAB?
> > 
> > Mark Stewart
> > Consultants Club Corp.
> > 
> > 
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