How do you tell a wizard?

Tony Sanders sanders at sanders.austin.ibm.com
Tue Oct 31 10:53:44 AEST 1989


In article <21251 at adm.BRL.MIL> drears at pica.army.mil (Dennis G. Rears (FSAC)) writes:
>> From article <955 at umb.umb.edu>, by campbell at umb.umb.edu (Jim
>Campbell):
>>> ie:  NOVICE: Calls vi vye
>
>> I have *never* heard *anyone* call "vi" vee-eye.  Including wizards.
>
>  Do wizards even use vi?  I thought they used emacs :-).
>
>Dennis

>From "An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi" out of the UNIX User's Manual
(Supplementary Documents) I quote (without permission):

  1. Getting Started
  
      This document provides a quick introduction to vi.  (Pronounced vee-eye.)

Sorry if this has already been posted.  I think I recall my id posting it
to some other news group while I was asleep(8).

I think I recall seeing one wizard on a dark night with the lights out using
vi.  Maybe you were there?

-- sanders
A wizard is someone who knows enough not to think he knows everything.



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