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Re: vi/vim/elvis/* (was "Re: Strip SIG on reply")



On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 12:46:04PM -0500, parv wrote:
> in message <20031212141853.GJ31743@xxxxxxx>,
> wrote David Yitzchak Cohen thusly...
> > > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:

> > > > Try editing this message.  Now, hold down the W key, and don't let go
> > > > until the cursor stops moving.  If you're in elvis, it'll start beeping
> > > > with the cursor on the beginning of the URL below.  If you're in VIM,
> > > > it'll simply stop moving the cursor once it's on the "l" at the very end
> > > > of the URL (which it has no right to be on - I didn't tell it to go to
> > > > the end of the current word).
> ...
> > Tru64's (BSD-based) VI stops at the start of the last word and starts
> > beeping away, like elvis.  Now, does that mean BSD's VIs all behave
> > like elvis?  Do we have any *BSD dudes here who can help out?
> 
> The (n)vi of FreeBSD 4.8, beeps after reaching the last character (of
> the last word).

Well, at least it beeps ;-P

 - Dave

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