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Re: Windows of Unix

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 29 Apr 2002 21:32:16 -0500
Message-ID: <ulmb53fz9.fsf@rcn.com>


On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, dba_at_hjrdba.com wrote:
> vi???????????????????

My thoughts exactly!

> I make my students use emacs, and to hell with their moans and groans!

Now we are talking!

> (Actually, I use pico, which is notepad enough for me to
> cope. Windows-aware students can do likewise if so inclined.)
>
> I confess that once, when training at a remote outpost with no access
> to pico, I was reduced to ftp'ing the init.ora across to the Windows
> PC, editing it in notepad, and ftp'ing it back again. It was a
> humiliating experience, but effective!

That's why you use ange-ftp, or tramp now. :-)

An Emacs fan always finds time to speak up for his religion.

-- 
Galen deForest Boyer
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.
Received on Mon Apr 29 2002 - 21:32:16 CDT

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