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  Re: Vim 6.0 in final beta [OT]  
From: Jon A  Cruz
Date: 3 Sep 2001 13:01:28
Message: <3B93B718.C1B58A4A@geocities.com>
Adrien Beau wrote:

> I think I have an archive somewhere with DOS 6.0 and edlin
> provided as a "backward compability tool" (?). Tried it once.
> Hardly usable. Went back to Aurora, which is (was) the best
> editor on MS-DOS.

Ah, but then you miss the parallel of VI, where one could be sure that any DOS
box you sit down would have edlin on it. Much like VI and unix, where it's main
purpose is to aid installing and configuring emacs.

--
Wind the Frog!


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