[Info-vax] How to Avoid Old Software, Old Bugs? (was: Re: bizarre SEARCH bug (7.3-2 Alpha))

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In article <qqof8o$11r0$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>In article <qqmb26$mc5$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
><clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
>
>> The only thing on that list that is valid is clustering.
>
>Maybe for you; different strokes for different folks!
>
>> VMS Mail is completely useless when it comes to the modern day environment.
>
>Not for me; different....
>
>> I use the EDT keypad in Emacs and EVE and have not used a LK keyboard
>> for 15 years.
>
>Do you have all the keys?  Probably not.  Yes, people blind in one eye 
>can still read, but it's not something I would opt for voluntarily.

My wife reads fine but her depth perception is not great.



>> EDT is hopelessly limited compared to what else is out there and some
>> of those other editor options include support for the EDT keypad.
>
>The EDT keypad is nice, but there is more to EDT.  How many custom 
>macros do you have?

I have many but I haven't counted them.


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