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Re: CVS commit: othersrc
According to Simon Burge:
>
>At least on Ultrix and Solaris (and probably other older vi-using
>systems) "edit" is a link to "vi".
Hmmm so it is, mind you on my Solaris 2.6 box edit results in vi in ex
mode.
> Too late for a name change?
No, not too late.
>Principal of least surprise and all that crap.
>
Actually that is why I called it edit - to catch the newbies that try
"edit foo" expecting an editor. It's the same reason that F1 brings
up the key help in edit too
>Hmm, what other name comes to mind - that'd be a fun question...
>
Ummm "wordpad"...."notepad"....<duck>
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