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  • C Christopher Duncan

    Yeah, I can dig it. Back in the old days, I was using Emacs on *nix boxes and Brief on DOS. But good God, man - vi??? :-D

    Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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    kxh29
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    Aye Captain, but our only alternative is......ED...!!!! :wtf: $ ed filename $ sh:file too large...

    "..Resistance is Futile..."

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      Aye Captain, but our only alternative is......ED...!!!! :wtf: $ ed filename $ sh:file too large...

      "..Resistance is Futile..."

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      Christopher Duncan
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      Oh, hell no! :)

      Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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      • C Christopher Duncan

        The first words I ever uttered whilst sitting in front of a vi screen (with a more experienced geek standing behind me) were, "What the f*** to you mean, modal???" :)

        Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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        Chris Losinger
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        i really liked vi, back in the day. i still think it's cool, i just don't ever use console windows for editing anymore.

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        • C Chris Losinger

          i really liked vi, back in the day. i still think it's cool, i just don't ever use console windows for editing anymore.

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          Christopher Duncan
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          I truly loved, the pure, raw power of the UNIX operating system (*nix, Linux, QNX, and any other knock off you can find). My first gig was on QNX, and let me tell you, it was a brutal experience moving to DOS after that.

          Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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          • C Christopher Duncan

            Yeah, I can dig it. Back in the old days, I was using Emacs on *nix boxes and Brief on DOS. But good God, man - vi??? :-D

            Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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            Nemanja Trifunovic
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            Christopher Duncan wrote:

            I was using Emacs

            Evil!

            Christopher Duncan wrote:

            But good God, man - vi

            vi is the editor, my friend. There are no other editors but vi.

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            • N Nemanja Trifunovic

              Christopher Duncan wrote:

              I was using Emacs

              Evil!

              Christopher Duncan wrote:

              But good God, man - vi

              vi is the editor, my friend. There are no other editors but vi.

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              Christopher Duncan
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              Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

              vi is the editor, my friend. There are no other editors but vi.

              Would you like some cookies with that Kool Aid? :-D

              Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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              • C Christopher Duncan

                I truly loved, the pure, raw power of the UNIX operating system (*nix, Linux, QNX, and any other knock off you can find). My first gig was on QNX, and let me tell you, it was a brutal experience moving to DOS after that.

                Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                oh god... DOS is an abomination. i still write .BAT files to control builds and i'm still amazed at just how much of a kludge the whole thing is. and the fact that MS hasn't introduced a new command line environment after all this time ? stupid.

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                • C Chris Losinger

                  oh god... DOS is an abomination. i still write .BAT files to control builds and i'm still amazed at just how much of a kludge the whole thing is. and the fact that MS hasn't introduced a new command line environment after all this time ? stupid.

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                  Christopher Duncan
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                  Chris Losinger wrote:

                  and the fact that MS hasn't introduced a new command line environment after all this time ? stupid.

                  I would choose more descriptive phrases than stupid, and I would aim them squarely at the marketing department. One of the appeals of Linux and all the Penguin stuff is that it's (kinda sorta) free. However, *nix offers an incredibly powerful shell environment that makes it quite appealing as well. Sure, you can find bolt on shells for Windows, but after all these years, why would they not put something more powerful at the C:\> prompt than DOS, something as powerful as *nix? Stupid, stupid, stupid... (Yeah, I know I said I'd use more descriptive phrases, my kid sister just walked in.)

                  Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                  • C Christopher Duncan

                    Chris Losinger wrote:

                    and the fact that MS hasn't introduced a new command line environment after all this time ? stupid.

                    I would choose more descriptive phrases than stupid, and I would aim them squarely at the marketing department. One of the appeals of Linux and all the Penguin stuff is that it's (kinda sorta) free. However, *nix offers an incredibly powerful shell environment that makes it quite appealing as well. Sure, you can find bolt on shells for Windows, but after all these years, why would they not put something more powerful at the C:\> prompt than DOS, something as powerful as *nix? Stupid, stupid, stupid... (Yeah, I know I said I'd use more descriptive phrases, my kid sister just walked in.)

                    Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                    i used to have a copy of MKS for Windows, but that was years ago... it's too expensive for me now. i guess i should try Cygwin.

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                      i used to have a copy of MKS for Windows, but that was years ago... it's too expensive for me now. i guess i should try Cygwin.

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                      Christopher Duncan
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                      I'm still dragging around my dead copy of CodeWright. I tried Visual SlickEdit, which is comparble, but they don't give full .NET support (i.e. I still have to toggle to Visual Studio go get the intellisense for the asp:yadayada tags), so there was no point in switching. It's easier to switch girlfriends than it is editors. :)

                      Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                      • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                        Christopher Duncan wrote:

                        I was using Emacs

                        Evil!

                        Christopher Duncan wrote:

                        But good God, man - vi

                        vi is the editor, my friend. There are no other editors but vi.

                        Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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                        Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                        vi is the editor, my friend. There are no other editors but vi.

                        I agree. EMACS might be a very good OS, but the editor component just sucks! ;)

                        Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
                        Douglas Adams, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"

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                        • C Chris Losinger

                          i really liked vi, back in the day. i still think it's cool, i just don't ever use console windows for editing anymore.

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                          Stuart Dootson
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                          I still use it, if only for entering git[^] commit messages. I'll stick to e[^] or VS for code, though...

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                          • C Chris Losinger

                            oh god... DOS is an abomination. i still write .BAT files to control builds and i'm still amazed at just how much of a kludge the whole thing is. and the fact that MS hasn't introduced a new command line environment after all this time ? stupid.

                            image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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                            Carlos Fonseca
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                            Powershell is included in Windows Server 2008, the first Windows to go RTM since Powrshell's RTM.

                            Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

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                            • C Carlos Fonseca

                              Powershell is included in Windows Server 2008, the first Windows to go RTM since Powrshell's RTM.

                              Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

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                              Chris Losinger
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                              ah Powershell.... sounds wonderful. too bad MS can't write an installer for it that actually works.

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                              • C Christopher Duncan

                                I'm still dragging around my dead copy of CodeWright. I tried Visual SlickEdit, which is comparble, but they don't give full .NET support (i.e. I still have to toggle to Visual Studio go get the intellisense for the asp:yadayada tags), so there was no point in switching. It's easier to switch girlfriends than it is editors. :)

                                Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                                Christopher Duncan wrote:

                                It's easier to switch girlfriends than it is editors

                                And it's easier to find a good GF than a good editor.

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                                • K kxh29

                                  You have been coding too long when you are composing a document using Microsoft Word and you find yourself using UNIX vi commands to edit the file.... :omg:

                                  "..Resistance is Futile..."

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                                  Rudolf Jan
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                                  what's wrong with vi?

                                  Rudolf Heijink

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                                  • C Chris Losinger

                                    oh god... DOS is an abomination. i still write .BAT files to control builds and i'm still amazed at just how much of a kludge the whole thing is. and the fact that MS hasn't introduced a new command line environment after all this time ? stupid.

                                    image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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                                    Brady Kelly
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                                    PowerShell?

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                                      PowerShell?

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                                      Chris Losinger
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                                      will not install. i get some error about encryption and security policies. messing with gpedit.msc doesn't help.

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