sf wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:42:18 -0500, heyjoe >
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:10:04 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> I don't like Word, either. I prefer vi.
>> Yahbut . . . vi isn't a word processor and Word sux at plain text. Horses
>> for courses.
>
> Why would brag about plain text? It's simple enough to strip
> formatting using Word, but you wouldn't know that.
>
Someone who is proficient in vi would probably be know how to either
save as plaintext from word, or to open the .docx file generated by Word
(which is plain text XML) and write a vi macro to remove all formatting.

And why brag about text editors? Because with a text editor one can edit
a configuration file sitting right at the machine, or over a shaky 2400
baud remote link. Try doing that with a 'word processor'.

And because vi is one of the most complete text editors *** kitchen
sinks around (besides Emacs that is) - programmable, extensible,
supports tag files, with a few scripts it can be turned into a simple
IDE that opens the file you need, with the cursor where you need it. And
it is available on almost all operating systems: DOS, any Windoze
version, OS/2, Linux, Mac, embedded OS's like QNX or VxWorks, you name
it. And the controls have been stable for at least 30 years - no need to
re-learn using the editor every couple of years because some bright
spark decides that a 'ribbon' would be a better way to hide functions or
some such.

-j