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   Kenny McCormack to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: Editor of choice   
   02 Jun 24 11:59:29   
   
   From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 17:00:33 +0200, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
   >   
   >> It should be noted that Vi has a lot of alternative ways to edit various   
   >> text entities.   
   >   
   >But still, it assumes that what it is editing is text.   
   >   
   >Emacs isnt just a text editor, its an editor. I have successfully used   
   >it to directly edit binary files.   
      
   As does Vi(m).  So, no diff.   
      
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