So, is that ":q" or ":q!"? You never know when it's Linux.
IFAIK, all versions of vi work the same way: ":q" will not exit if the file has been modified since the last write (or will pop up a dialog box asking whether you want to save your changes), whereas ":q!" will always exit, without prompting and without saving any changes since the last write. "!" after a command in vi usually means "do the operation without prompting", or, to put it another way, forcibly do the operation, even though you may lose information (e.g., ":w!" will overwrite a file that you have opened read-only (i.e., with "view"), or that you indicated was read-only with the ":se readonly" command).
If you're stating that it's less feature-ful than it's apt counterpart, you must be sniffing glue.
I tried sniffing glue once. It made my nostrils stick together, and I had to breathe through my mouth for three days. (The doctor who eventually removed the glue had a hard time finding it because it was hide glue.)
it fails to appeal to anyone who'd have actually heard of Quatermain, or Dorean Grey.
I've heard of both, and it doesn't fail to appeal to me. I've also heard of Jekyl/Hyde and the invisible man. You have to understand that this story takes place in a parallel universe, where Dr. Jekyl's formula turns one into the Incredible Hulk, instead of just inducing a personality change; where the invisible man isn't immeduiately blinded when his eyeballs become invisible; where a submarine the size of the Nautilus can navigate the winding canals of Venice (a city that rests on stilts instead of on solid ground, the way it does in our universe); where an explosion can cause buildings to topple like dominos, unless they are stopped by a missile that can lock onto a car at a great distance and cause a second explosion that can stop the toppling effect (that is presumably progressing radially from the point of the initial explosion); where a tracking device in the captain's cabin can track a small, submerged vehicle at a great distance (and shows the Nautilus's position as moving even when it's dead in the water); and where a 19th-cetury rifle is accurate enough to shoot someone quite a long way away (and where it's better to wait to shoot someone, even if he's getting further and further away, until it "feels" right).
It fails to appeal to people who want a mindless acion movie without 10 diffrent back stories.
What back stories? You mean like the relationship between the vampire and Dorian? That's when you go get a snack or take a leak.
Oh and it makes no sense.
True of 99% of what comes out of Hollywood these days. (Hollywood producers are living in a parallel universe.)
I am a worse person for being coerced into watching both.
That's too bad. You should learn to make adversity work for you. I can't think of one thing that I was forced to do that didn't make me a better person (or, at worst had a neutral effect), even if the only way that it made me better was to indice me to avoid such situations in the future.
When the majority of the people reject the concept of property, there is no way to exploit and oppress others.
People will always find ways to exploit and oppress other people. Let's assume that 51% of the people (a majority) reject the concept of property, but the other 49% embrace it. The ones who embrace it will have the advantage, because they will have the guns, clothing, and food. (Those who reject the concept of property will not have these things because those who embrace the concept of property will take it away from them.)
One of the reasons that the South lost the American Civil War was because the Confederacy did not have a strong central government. An organized group of people will usually defeat an unorganized group, and you can't get much more unorganized than anarchy.
Verne did have some pretty accurate predictions of the future (submarines for example).
Actually, submarines existed from before Verne's time. IIRC, one was used (unsuccessfully) in the American Revolutionary war (late 1770s), and another (successfully) during the American Civil War (early 1860s). I think that Verne wrote most of his stuff later than that.
I just watched TLOEG a couple of hours ago, and I didn't think that it was that bad. The worst movie that ever was is, hands down, "Fargo". Fargo is the only movie that I can remember that I didn't watch all the way to the end. This was not due to the lame plot or the gratuitous violence, but to that awful, awful, hideous accent. In Hell, demons torture the damned by talking to them with the accent they used in "Fargo". (You betcha.)
claims to have a method which slowly reduces the need for glasses through eye exercises
I think that you may be referring to what is called the "Theory of Accommodation". A couple of sites with more info: Site 1Site 2 (Caveat: These sites are pushing the method, and so are not necessarily objective about it.)
Yeah, dude, in the ST:TNG pilot, young Wesley Crusher exits the holodeck after having fallen into a hololake filled with holowater, and he's still wet. What's up with that?
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - go there for the Chihuly ehibit; stay for the stinkplant! (I was there a couple of weeks ago, and saw both. It's worth the $12/head if you're in the area and have a few hours to kill.)
C-c C-f C-e gives you \emph{} [...] The best part was that it's quite easy to learn.
'Kay, ri-i-ight, "quite easy" to learn.
So what? You can do similar things in (g)vi(m) using abbreviations:
:abbr eM \emph}<ESC>i
(I used "eM" instead of "em", since it is less likely to appear in ordinary text. Also, "<ESC>" means the escape character, which must be entered as "^V <ESC>" when defining the abbreviation.) While entering text, type "eM{", and the cursor will be put in the right spot, between the braces.
It's not the "PATRIOT" act; it's the "USAPATRIOT" Act. Please use the full acronym, or its full name: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Trrorism". The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "PATRIOT Act" is misleading. (Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?).) Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion. Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
I don't think that they split up the article into enough pages. They should have put each paragraph on a separate page. That way, they could have crammed even more advertising in.
Geez, now I remember why I don't visit Tom's very often any more.
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"!" after a command in vi usually means "do the operation without prompting", or, to put it another way, forcibly do the operation, even though you may lose information (e.g., ":w!" will overwrite a file that you have opened read-only (i.e., with "view"), or that you indicated was read-only with the ":se readonly" command).
It made my nostrils stick together, and I had to breathe through my mouth for three days.
(The doctor who eventually removed the glue had a hard time finding it because it was hide glue.)
I stopped doing drugs (incl. alcohol) over 20 years ago.
We all have to grow up sometime.
I've also heard of Jekyl/Hyde and the invisible man.
You have to understand that this story takes place in a parallel universe, where Dr. Jekyl's formula turns one into the Incredible Hulk, instead of just inducing a personality change; where the invisible man isn't immeduiately blinded when his eyeballs become invisible; where a submarine the size of the Nautilus can navigate the winding canals of Venice (a city that rests on stilts instead of on solid ground, the way it does in our universe); where an explosion can cause buildings to topple like dominos, unless they are stopped by a missile that can lock onto a car at a great distance and cause a second explosion that can stop the toppling effect (that is presumably progressing radially from the point of the initial explosion); where a tracking device in the captain's cabin can track a small, submerged vehicle at a great distance (and shows the Nautilus's position as moving even when it's dead in the water); and where a 19th-cetury rifle is accurate enough to shoot someone quite a long way away (and where it's better to wait to shoot someone, even if he's getting further and further away, until it "feels" right).What back stories?
You mean like the relationship between the vampire and Dorian?
That's when you go get a snack or take a leak.True of 99% of what comes out of Hollywood these days.
(Hollywood producers are living in a parallel universe.)That's too bad.
You should learn to make adversity work for you.
I can't think of one thing that I was forced to do that didn't make me a better person (or, at worst had a neutral effect), even if the only way that it made me better was to indice me to avoid such situations in the future.
Let's assume that 51% of the people (a majority) reject the concept of property, but the other 49% embrace it.
The ones who embrace it will have the advantage, because they will have the guns, clothing, and food.
(Those who reject the concept of property will not have these things because those who embrace the concept of property will take it away from them.)
One of the reasons that the South lost the American Civil War was because the Confederacy did not have a strong central government.
An organized group of people will usually defeat an unorganized group, and you can't get much more unorganized than anarchy.
Have you seen some of the crap coming out of Hollywood these days?
IIRC, one was used (unsuccessfully) in the American Revolutionary war (late 1770s), and another (successfully) during the American Civil War (early 1860s).
I think that Verne wrote most of his stuff later than that.
I just watched TLOEG a couple of hours ago, and I didn't think that it was that bad.
The worst movie that ever was is, hands down, "Fargo".
Fargo is the only movie that I can remember that I didn't watch all the way to the end.
This was not due to the lame plot or the gratuitous violence, but to that awful, awful, hideous accent.
In Hell, demons torture the damned by talking to them with the accent they used in "Fargo".
(You betcha.)
A couple of sites with more info: Site 1 Site 2
(Caveat: These sites are pushing the method, and so are not necessarily objective about it.)
What's up with that?
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - go there for the Chihuly ehibit; stay for the stinkplant!
(I was there a couple of weeks ago, and saw both.
It's worth the $12/head if you're in the area and have a few hours to kill.)
So what? You can do similar things in (g)vi(m) using abbreviations:(I used "eM" instead of "em", since it is less likely to appear in ordinary text.
Also, "<ESC>" means the escape character, which must be entered as "^V <ESC>" when defining the abbreviation.)
While entering text, type "eM{", and the cursor will be put in the right spot, between the braces.
In my rush to post this before anyone else, I neglected to hit "Preview". "hear" should be "heard". Sorry.
(And yes, I see the irony in omitting a letter in a post making fun of someone else for omitting a letter.)
(I have, however, heard of lawyers being rabid.)
Please use the full acronym, or its full name: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Trrorism".
The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "PATRIOT Act" is misleading.
(Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?).)
Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion.
Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
(It worked for me.)
I guess that it's how you tell it.
I don't think that they split up the article into enough pages.
They should have put each paragraph on a separate page.
That way, they could have crammed even more advertising in.
Geez, now I remember why I don't visit Tom's very often any more.
It's not the "PATRIOT Act"; it's the "USAPATRIOT Act".
Using a shorter name could mislead some into thinking it has something to do with patriotism.
It's not the "Patriot Act"; it's the "USAPATRIOT Act".
It has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "Patriot Act" is misleading.