Zitat des Tages von Bill Joy:
I just don't like to lose what's in the window.
But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain.
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient.
So Chuck and I looked at that and we hacked on em for a while, and eventually we ripped the stuff out of em and put some of it into what was then called en, which was really ed with some em features.
The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.
I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.
Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays.
I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away.
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
I think it killed the performance on a lot of the systems in the Labs for years because everyone had their own copy of it, but it wasn't being shared, and so they wasted huge amounts of memory back when memory was expensive.
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V.
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.
The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
Interleaf is based on the formatting process.
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored.