I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.

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Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.

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The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.

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I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.

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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V.

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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

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I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.

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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.

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I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

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