Re: Gotta Learn Vi . . . . . . (was Re: [tlug] [Newbie] Becoming'root'in Kubuntu: Use sudo)

[steven smith <sjs@example.com>]

Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, steven smith wrote:
>
> > steven smith wrote:
> > > Curt Sampson wrote:
> > > > This, I'm not buying. Do you have a plausable explanation why the key
> > > > sequence for vi's "change to end of line" command is noticably more
> > > :1,$s/curt//g
> > Opps -- guess that's ed syntax.
>
> It's also perfectly valid ex and vi syntax, though I find '%' easier to
> type than '1,$'.
>
> I'm not at all clear on what you're trying to say, however.
>
> cjs
I guess that what I really want to say is that between your 
speculation and Bill Joy's quotation, I'll take Joy's quote. 
 He was there.  To say that he was working on code for 
curses then someone else implemented it at a later date and 
try to tie the two together seems to be stretching things to 
me.    Considering the lack of processor power and memory 
and the cost of disk space back then, I would think he did 
everything he could to optimize.  Highly optimized code 
isn't usually readily reused.

If he said he used a 300 baud modem, I'll just believe him 
unless I have a really good reason not to.  It's amazing the 
extent you will go to just to avoid out typing the cursor.

Steve S.