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Robert Jonsson wrote:

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> On Saturday 01 Apr 2006 23:16, Christoph Eckert wrote:

>>>> I agree with you that programmers are terrible at interface design.

>>>    what are you talking about! one look at vi proves otherwise :-)

>> well, the vi-team surely includes a usability expert ;-) .

>>

>> vi really is simple to use; the user only needs to learn some simple

>> commands:

>>

>> x

>> i

>> ESC

>>

>> :wq

   or shift-z-z (much faster)
>> and last bur not least

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>>

>> :q!

>

> I get a feeling there's supposed to be some irony here, but I don't know what

> it is.

   I think we're all 100% serious here :-)
   (just in case you don't know about vi - it's an editor with interface

that is an absolute heaven if you know how to use it but a total hell

for any novice, I mentioned it as an example of an interface done by

programmers for programmers)
	erik