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From:	hc05%beirnek@uunet.UU.NET (Beirne Konarski)
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Subject: I give up
To:	sam-fans@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Date:	Thu, 4 Nov 1993 07:35:10 -0500
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OK, I have been using SAM for a week now, trying to figure out why it
is a good editor to use.  I am now giving up.  The documentation
implies that it is better than vi(my favorite) or emacs, but I cannot
figure out why.  Sure, it has a clever command language and it has not
internal limits, but it is hard to use for heavy-duty writing and
editing.  It doesn't autoindent, and I need three hands to operate the
keyboard and the mouse.  I can see using it in some special cases, like
when I need to work with a big file, but it makes no sense otherwise.
Is there something I am missing?

Beirne
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Beirne Konarski                 | Reading maketh a full man, conference a
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