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> 1. used vi in UNIX through a telnet window in Windows 95?
> 2. used SAS for windows?
> 3. used STATA for windows?
> Thanks,
> Ben
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>
yes to number 1. In fact, I am writing this email in vi. At work I use
an X server (hummingbird exceed) which emulates an X terminal, rather
than a telnet window, so that I can open multiple windows on the same
host without retyping my password, as well as using graphical
applications. However, I originally used a telnet program at work, and
still do when I work from home, since using X Windows over a 28.8
connection is pretty slow.
A lot of people on this list who use Unix prefer emacs, because its
macro facilities are more powerful, allowing you to do some things with
emacs macros rather than with DragonDictate macros, and also because it
avoids the inconvenience of vi's two modes. Also, while DragonDictate's
command and dictation modes correspond reasonably well with vi's command
and insert modes, it is more difficult to do something similar with
NaturallySpeaking, and since I am moving towards using NaturallySpeaking
and natural text foot, at least for editing latex files, I am thinking
seriously of finally making the switch to emacs.
If you are committed to using vi, it is actually better to use a
freeware version of vi called vim. It adds two very important
features: (1) the ability to undo multiple changes in case
DragonDictate misrecognizes several commands in a row, and (2) the
ability to backspace over carriage returns, so that you can make
corrections properly for things you dictated before a word wrap or
explicit new line. Vim is available from
http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/vim/
I also have a set of DragonDictate 2.5/3 macros for using vi. However,
they are somewhat idiosyncratic in the way which they deal with the two
mode nature of vi, so you may find it easier to use only selected macros
or to write your own. My vi macros can be found at
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~dcfox/dragon/vi.html
David Fox
davidfox@@fas.harvard.edu
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~dcfox/index.html
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Well, well! It cannot be helped, and it is difficult not to slip in
talking to a dragon, or so I have always heard.
-- Balin, The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
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