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" Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers. "
Media
Matrix
Laser
" But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes. "
Mistakes
Trouble
Generally
" But with Interleaf I don't even have a spell program. "
Spell
Even
Program
" Document preparation systems will also require large screen displays. "
Will
Preparation
Systems
" I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated. "
Complaining
Complicated
People
" I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up. "
Almost
Gave
Windows
" I just don't like to lose what's in the window. "
Just
Like
Lose
" Interleaf is based on the formatting process. "
Process
Based
" Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that. "
Lot
Competition
Expect
" I remember right after Carter got elected, I was sitting in my apartment in Albany, CA, on a Saturday listening to people call Carter and ask stupid questions while I designed the screen editor. "
Saturday
People
Listening
" I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days. "
Long
Two
Started
" I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community. "
Come
Community
Kind
" 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. "
Memory
Back
Think
" I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too. "
Undo
Wonderful
I Think
" I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor. "
I Think
Things
Interesting
" I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display. "
Think
Everyone
Display
" I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away. "
Away
Because
Good
" It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored. "
Really
Using
Bored
" I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V. "
Know
Though
Going
" I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard. "
I Wish
Wish
Keyboard
" 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. "
Which
Stuff
Out
" That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain. "
Extend
Will
Domain
" The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands. "
Therefore
Got
You
" The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive. "
Want
You
Point
" The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen. "
Use
Lose
Screen
" Well, limbo is not a good place to be. "
Limbo
Good Place
Good
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