From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Message-ID: <48ABE22A.30204@proweb.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:46 +0100
From: matt <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk>
User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.14eol (X11/20080509)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
References: <382936.47212.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>	<9F788D9D-8A71-4A6A-BE56-A1CBBB10F3B3@mac.com>
	<AD497FC91DA062CFB28B3B5A@computer>
In-Reply-To: <AD497FC91DA062CFB28B3B5A@computer>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [9fans] Using the Acme Editor
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0257327e-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025


>
> That stack has been implemented in vim. There're nearly 500 different
> syntax matching and highlighting schemes for vim, and there's a simple
> language for writing your own schemes. Why not use vi?
To paraphrase Tesla :

If Mr. Edison thought a bit more, he wouldn't have to sweat so much.