Re: Dead or alive...
From Stuart Moore <stu...@bigfoot.com>
· alt.ascii-art
· 23 Sep 2001 17:27 · View full thread
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:26:18 +0100, drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> enlightened us with: > On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:49:44 GMT, in alt.ascii-art, > (ppu...@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk)) wrote: > > >On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:41:42 +0100, drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> provoked > >the following text: > > > > > >It does work in OE, but how about using Wordpad with a fixed-width font for > >editing? INS works in Wordpad. > > Because wordpad is crap, and more of a word processor. Only something > like vi is really suitable for ascii art drawing. > 1st bit I understand (although don't fully agree) but don't see the logic in the other statement. Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut may be OTT but that doesn't mean it doesn't work... > >>>Texpad also supports block editing .. which rocks. > >> > >>But does it have proper key bindings like VI? > > > >What do you consider to be "proper key bindings"? > > Keybindings that are as good as in vi. So what's so special about these vi keybindings? And what's the problem with any other form of keybindings, once you actually know them? -- o |\ _[] L_ === Stuart Moore []\, stm
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