[Info-vax] x86 Update 4/22/19

[Rich Alderson]

helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:

> In article <qac46c$lmg$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

>> On 2019-04-30, Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER <peter at langstoeger.at> wrote:

>>> Yes, EVE is better than EDT, but only if it behaves like EDT.
>>> I wonder why this discussion pops up since 3 decades now...

>> Because the most modern editor shipped with VMS hasn't been updated
>> in nearly 3 decades so that's all there is to talk about. :-)

>> With other operating systems, people still ask the same questions
>> over and over again, but in that case, the questions are being asked
>> about more modern software.

> However, a substantial number of unix people use vi.  Go figure.

30 years ago, vi was useful for editing the configuration files for GNU emacs,
before autoconfigure came along...

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