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Re: NT file usage is more complicated than on UNIX


On 2008-11-25, Sandeep Kumar <deep8391720122@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:27:54 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Tony Manco on Monday 24 November 2008 19:21 : \____
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>>> Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:
>>>> Does notepad at least make backup copies of the previously saved
>>>> version?  I don't recall.  If it did, one could accept the above as
>>>> almost sensible.  If not, well...
>>> 
>>> AFAIK, no...
>> 
>> notepad hasn't caught up even with vim.
> Why would it?Notepad was designed to edit config.sys,autoexec.bat and other
> small text files that might have needed editing back in the early days of
> Windows.It was never considered anything more than a toy.Comparing it to
> real editors like vi or emacs or Brief is not a fair comparison.

    ...isn't that funny.

    That's exactly one of the intended use cases for both vi and emacs.

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