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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: User Interface
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:04:44 +0200
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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
> I don't know what you expect in a text editor, but I've used many
> and "sam" is the one I prefer for almost every editing task.

first thing i do when i get to the new job -- sam.

> > Why is it that such a simple task as editing the contents of a textfile
> > must cause so much pain? At least some of you must have seen notepad.exe
> > at work during your lifetime? It cant do much, but it gets the job done
> > in a simple way!

really CR/LF?  get real.

> Most people read the instructions.
> I guess in your case, you could throw the laptop against a wall.

9mm is a lot more fun, but a bit more serious:

    http://home.fr.inter.net/boyd/banks/hsbc

well, they did say 'cut it into little pieces' ...