VI

Alex Martelli aleaxit at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 15 15:29:57 EDT 2001


"James Logajan" <JamesL at Lugoj.Com> wrote in message
news:3B2A4CB4.FE31CB72 at Lugoj.Com...
> Alex Martelli wrote:
> > "Jim Hill" <jimhill at meldrick.swcp.com> wrote in message
> > > And since the expected editor war hasn't broken out, I'll launch a
> > > different offensive by proclaiming absolutely and without room for
> > > disagreement that it is pronounced "vee eye" and those who say "vye"
> > > are bloody peasants who should be repressed by the violence inherent
> > > in the system.
> >
> > I thought _everybody_ knew it's pronounced "six" -- like in "Pope
> > Paul VI", no?!
>
> Is the Pope Muslim?
>
> (Since Unix is case sensitive, VI is a different command from vi....)

But VIM (and other vi versions) run excellently well under
Microsoft, Digital and IBM OS's whose shells are NOT case
sensitive, so...


Alex






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