nemesis wrote:

>>> you're insane:  "3y}"
>> ...riiiiight. *I* am insane? ;-)
> 
> Every software has its quirks.  Read that as "Yank 3 blocks", "}" used because
> of its widespread use in computer programming as a block terminator.  Now, I
> understand "CTRL+C" as copy, because of C, but why Paste uses "v"?!  quirks...

I can only imagine that it's Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+X because they're 
all right next to each other on a standard keyboard. But yeah, that's 
pretty random. (Not to mention Ctrl+Z... I guess Ctrl+U is pretty hard 
to type.)

>> Doesn't much seem to resemble the little program I end up having to use
>> when I'm trying to fix a broken Linux install where /etc/fstab is messed
>> up or some such and I need to edit it.
> 
> well, that's an unusual situation, don't you agree?  In there, everything is
> limited, and it's just you, the kernel, a basic shell and good ol' basic vi...

If I knew more about not breaking Linux in the first place I might 
agree. :-}

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