<div dir="ltr">There are some jokes in the diff, too. Would probably see more if I used nano more.<div><br></div><div>I worked for the University's computer department for a summer job (1996?). My supervisor saw me using pico for editing something as he walked by and told me "Pico!? If you ever want to be a real Unix user, you'll have to learn vi".</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sean</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Funny, from the Nano mailing list on Apr 1:<br>
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Begin forwarded message:<br>
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 04:20:33 -0400<br>
From: Chris Allegretta <<a href="mailto:chrisa@asty.org">chrisa@asty.org</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:info-nano@gnu.org">info-nano@gnu.org</a>, <a href="mailto:nano-devel@gnu.org">nano-devel@gnu.org</a><br>
Subject: [Info-nano] ANNOUNCEMENT: Exciting news about our acquisition<br>
by VIM [PATCH]<br>
<br>
<br>
Hello,<br>
<br>
First, I want to give a hearty thank you to all our users and<br>
developers who have been using nano all this time. I wanted you let<br>
you know that I received word from the FSF legal offices that we have<br>
been acquired by VIM, hopefully putting to rest a lot of bad blood<br>
between the text editor factions.<br>
<br>
For those of you who have been keeping up with development, the key<br>
bindings code and vim-style locking were probably dead giveaways that<br>
this was going to happen soon, and congrats to everyone who figured<br>
this out before today.<br>
<br>
For those of you who have contributed to the code base, the details of<br>
this deal are as follows:<br>
- All right, likenesses and the nano domain become the property of the<br>
VIM Development Corporation LLC OMG WTF BBQ<br>
- Our recursive acronym Nano's Another Editor, is being changed to the<br>
classic vi tagline, "What Mode Am I In Again??"<br>
<br>
In exchange, the following compensation is being offered:<br>
- One thousand "vim rules" bumper stickers (FCFS on these!)<br>
- At least 150 coupons for a free KFC Double Down. Must give your<br>
name as "vim" when you order. No free refills.<br>
- We will be recognized on a special plaque, near home plate at a<br>
to-be-announced vim-owned sports stadium (once a few more tech<br>
companies go under or are bought by Google).<br>
- That happy feeling that we didn't end up owned by emacs<br>
<br>
The attached patch is a sneak peak at the transition plan we will be<br>
using in the development versions of nano. Please see the following<br>
timetable for transition:<br>
<br>
- Starting today with this patch, through versions<br>
2.4.99pl47-omg[ac]1, nano will continue to default to what is<br>
effectively vim's Insert Mode. You can get into insert mode via Esc,<br>
or the usual method of pressing random keys until it works.<br>
- As of version 2.5.0, Command Mode will become the default, but we<br>
will retain backward compatibility with legacy nano commands<br>
- In version 2.7.0, we will all be dead by then so don't worry about<br>
it. Have you seen how long just point releases take me? :P<br>
<br>
Thank you again for using our editor, and I'm looking forward to<br>
seeing all those bumper stickers in the KFC parking lot. Eat up<br>
friends, we've all earned it!<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Sean Walberg <<a href="mailto:sean@ertw.com" target="_blank">sean@ertw.com</a>> <a href="http://ertw.com/" target="_blank">http://ertw.com/</a>
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