mask painting and the RULES

In article <Xns9448D635E132Bdogfaceinsightbbcom@206.141.193.3 2>,
"Bryan J. Maloney" <cavaggione@sbcglobal.nmungemungt> wrote:

> Amy & Joseph Kormann <ajkormann@monmouth.com> nattered on
> thusnews:bqr6qj$npv$1@news.monmouth.com:
>
> > Joseph Haig wrote:
> >
> >>Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
> >>whether Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
> >>
> >>
> >
> > That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
> >
>
> GNU?

What's GNU?

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

Harold Buck <no_one_knows@attbi.com> nattered on thusnews:no_one_knows-
7530E6.22062805122003@comcast.ash.giganews.com:

> In article <Xns9448D635E132Bdogfaceinsightbbcom@206.141.193.3 2>,
> "Bryan J. Maloney" <cavaggione@sbcglobal.nmungemungt> wrote:
>
>> Amy & Joseph Kormann <ajkormann@monmouth.com> nattered on
>> thusnews:bqr6qj$npv$1@news.monmouth.com:
>>
>> > Joseph Haig wrote:
>> >
>> >>Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
>> >>whether Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's
fun!
>> >
>>
>> GNU?
>
> What's GNU?

GNU's Not Unix!

Joseph Haig wrote:
> That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!

That should be vi or emacs.

Harold Buck writes:
> What's GNU?

Gnu's Not Unix.
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin

John Hasler wrote:

>Joseph Haig wrote:
>
>
>>That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>>
>>
>
>That should be vi or emacs.
>

emacs / xemacs isn't an editor. It's an operating system add-on.

--
Amy and Joseph Kormann

Amy & Joseph Kormann <ajkormann@monmouth.com> nattered on
thusnews:bqro3n$2u2$1@news.monmouth.com:

> John Hasler wrote:
>
>>Joseph Haig wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>That should be vi or emacs.
>>
>
> emacs / xemacs isn't an editor. It's an operating system add-on.
>

It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!

John Hasler wrote:
> Joseph Haig wrote:
>
>>That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>
>
> That should be vi or emacs.
>

Come on. If you really want to be real about it, TECO is
the only one. emacs was written in TECO.

J.

Amy & Joseph Kormann wrote:
> Joseph Haig wrote:
>
>> Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
>> whether
>> Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
>>
>>
>
> That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>
You mean "vi" or "emacs"

And then there's "sh" vs "csh"...

(Some of us lived through all that crap, and it still rears its head
every now and then)

Cheers,
Gary B-)

--
__________________________________________________ ____________________________
Armful of chairs: Something some people would not know
whether you were up them with or not
- Barry Humphries

Jonathan Jefferies wrote:
>
> John Hasler wrote:
>
>> Joseph Haig wrote:
>>
>>> That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>>
>>
>>
>> That should be vi or emacs.
>>
>
> Come on. If you really want to be real about it, TECO is
> the only one. emacs was written in TECO.
>
> J.
>
No it wasn't - Stallman typed his name into TECO once and the machine
re-booted, he never touched TECO again!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

--
__________________________________________________ ____________________________
Armful of chairs: Something some people would not know
whether you were up them with or not
- Barry Humphries

Gary R. Schmidt wrote:

> Amy & Joseph Kormann wrote:
>
>> Joseph Haig wrote:
>>
>>> Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
>>> whether
>>> Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
>>>
>>>
>>
>> That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>>
> You mean "vi" or "emacs"


I know what I mean. "vi" or "ed". I could have asked about "sed" or
"awk", but then I'd label myself a geek.

>
>
> And then there's "sh" vs "csh"...


"bash". That's all I have to say.

Amy & Joseph Kormann write:
> I know what I mean. "vi" or "ed".

Only loons still use ed.
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

In article
<no_one_knows-7530E6.22062805122003@comcast.ash.giganews.com>,
Harold Buck <no_one_knows@attbi.com> wrote:

> In article <Xns9448D635E132Bdogfaceinsightbbcom@206.141.193.3 2>,
> "Bryan J. Maloney" <cavaggione@sbcglobal.nmungemungt> wrote:
>
> > Amy & Joseph Kormann <ajkormann@monmouth.com> nattered on
> > thusnews:bqr6qj$npv$1@news.monmouth.com:
> >
> > > Joseph Haig wrote:
> > >
> > >>Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
> > >>whether Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
> > >
> >
> > GNU?
>
> What's GNU?
>
> --Harold Buck
>


Come ON people! The correct response is, "Not much. What's GNU with you?"

:-)

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

John Hasler wrote:
> Amy & Joseph Kormann write:
>
>>I know what I mean. "vi" or "ed".
>
>
> Only loons still use ed.
But "ed" is still part of "vi". Anytime
you do ":g/^/s//ls /g" or anyother search
and replacement you are invoking ed.

J.

I wrote:
> Only loons still use ed.

Jonathan Jefferies writes:
> But "ed" is still part of "vi". Anytime you do ":g/^/s//ls /g" or
> any other search and replacement you are invoking ed.

I repeat: only loons use ed. There. Now you've got your flame war.
--
John "User of _both_ vi and emacs" Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

John Hasler wrote:
> I wrote:
>
>>Only loons still use ed.
>
>
> Jonathan Jefferies writes:
>
>>But "ed" is still part of "vi". Anytime you do ":g/^/s//ls /g" or
>>any other search and replacement you are invoking ed.
>
>
> I repeat: only loons use ed. There. Now you've got your flame war.
Such a wimp of a flame war.

Ever heard the sound of the northern loon? "OOooooooooooo"
not :!*#!)(@#$!@)#U@SLJR$$ $hiver $hiver

Ok, I'll get the wife to describe it. She's the birder.

j.

Is this far enough astray from fencing? Just watched episode 38? of
Musashai. Depressing slaughter.

Jonathan Jefferies wrote:
>
>
> John Hasler wrote:
>
>> Amy & Joseph Kormann write:
>>
>>> I know what I mean. "vi" or "ed".
>>
>>
>>
>> Only loons still use ed.
>
> But "ed" is still part of "vi". Anytime
> you do ":g/^/s//ls /g" or anyother search
> and replacement you are invoking ed.
>
> J.
>
Nope, that's "ex" you are invoking there!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

--
__________________________________________________ ____________________________
Armful of chairs: Something some people would not know
whether you were up them with or not
- Barry Humphries

Amy & Joseph Kormann wrote:
> Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Amy & Joseph Kormann wrote:
>>
>>> Joseph Haig wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
>>>> whether
>>>> Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>>>
>> You mean "vi" or "emacs"
>
>
>
> I know what I mean. "vi" or "ed". I could have asked about "sed" or
> "awk", but then I'd label myself a geek.
>
Nah, the vi/emacs wars were much more entertaining, there never really
was any vi/ed war...

And if you want to try for geeky - how about dsroff vs nroff???

>>
>>
>> And then there's "sh" vs "csh"...
>
>
>
> "bash". That's all I have to say.
>
When I were lad we had t'roll own editor out of pure binary, not keyed
in on t'front plate mind'ee, but usin't spark't-gap generator to twiddle
t'input bus. And nowt of these fancy shells t'read t'commands,
mind'ee!! (Etcetera, etcetera, for several more paragraphs of drivel...)

Cheers,
Gary B-)

--
__________________________________________________ ____________________________
Armful of chairs: Something some people would not know
whether you were up them with or not
- Barry Humphries

Amy & Joseph Kormann wrote:

> Joseph Haig wrote:
>
>>Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
>>whether
>>Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
>>
>>
>
> That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
>

Aaagh! Looks like I've managed to create the most active thread in this
newsgroup for some time with a small OT joke. Now what does that say?

In article <vt6kfc7nrai4e2@corp.supernews.com>,
Joseph Haig <jhaig@NOSPAM.maths.man.ac.uk> wrote:

> Amy & Joseph Kormann wrote:
>
> > Joseph Haig wrote:
> >
> >>Welcome to the joys of Usenet. Try going to a UNIX group and asking
> >>whether
> >>Perl or Python is a better programming language. :-D
> >>
> >>
> >
> > That's nothing. Ask which editor they like best: vi or ed. That's fun!
> >
>
> Aaagh! Looks like I've managed to create the most active thread in this
> newsgroup for some time with a small OT joke. Now what does that say?


It's the slow season for fencing?

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

Joseph Haig wrote:
> Aaagh! Looks like I've managed to create the most active thread in this
> newsgroup for some time with a small OT joke. Now what does that say?

That we're bored and need a juicy on-topic subject. How about flicking?
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin

Joseph Haig <jhaig@NOSPAM.maths.man.ac.uk> wrote in
news:vt6kfc7nrai4e2@corp.supernews.com:

> Aaagh! Looks like I've managed to create the most active
> thread in this newsgroup for some time with a small OT joke.
> Now what does that say?

That this is usenet?