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   Eli the Bearded to achowe@snert.com   
   Re: vi clones   
   08 Mar 24 22:46:59   
   
   From: *@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   In comp.editors, Anthony Howe   wrote:   
   > * vi macros.  At the time of the POSIX standards, people had macros   
   > they relied  on that needed to be portable.  I had collected for MKS's   
   > testing some interesting macro sets: vi solving a maze; Turing test;   
   > Towers Of Hanoi, maybe others.  vim broke these macros.   
      
   Your other comments seem fine, but I will have to challenge you on this.   
   I am very skilled at macros and have found no compatibility issues. My   
   macroset to play Conway's Game of Life in vi was written on Sun   
   workstation with the Solaris vi and it ships with vim as a macro   
   example. Still working. (I am told neovim breaks it, but I don't use   
   that fork.)   
      
   Elijah   
   ------   
   tends to write macros on the fly rather than have premade ones now   
      
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