Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 24481
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2002/4/18-19 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:24481 Activity:very high
4/18    New, decent motdedit in /csua/bin/motdedit.new.  There's a small
        race condition for vi users, but i think we can all deal with it.
        --scotsman
        \_ Telling people to change their behaviours is like changing the
           keyboard to something that sux (e.g. Qwerty) and hoping that
           they'll all slow down.
           \_ I didn't tell anyone to change their behavior.  I'm simply hoping
              the emacs/pico folks will be a little more courteous.  --scotsman
        \_ symlinked to /csua/bin/me for convenience --scotsman
           \_ /csua/bin/you ?
        \_ Now if everyone would just use it...
           \_ Well, now there's no reason not to.  ..okay, maybe not NO
              reason..--scotsman
              \_ what was the reason to not use it before?
                 \_ That it didn't actually lock in any useful way, and that
                    it didn't play nice with vi. --scotsman
                    \_ not to mention those that open up motdedit and idle
                       for hours.
                       \_ Well, this won't take care of that..  make something
                          foolproof, and someone will make a bigger fool.
                          --scotsman
                          \_ Very true.  So what are some of the improvements
                             in this version?
                             \_ uses flock instead of fuckcuntl^Wfcntl, will
                                wait for a lock for you, will play nice with
                                vi. --scotsman
                                \_ so why not replace /csua/bin/motdedit ?
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