On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:39:58PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > Alan Shutko wrote: > > > Will Yardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> Some programs use VISUAL, some EDITOR, some both... the distinction > > >> between them has long been lost. > > > > > > Perhaps, but EDITOR is supposed to be your line editor, and VISUAL your > > > full screen editor, or at least that's what I've always been told. > > > > Sure. But that distinction hasn't really been meaningful for at > > least a decade, and people writing programs these days don't > > necessarily follow it. > > And by way of illustrating just how worthless the distinction is these > days... when was the last time you actually used a line editor > interactively?
At least once a week, usually more... last time a couple of hours ago. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
