Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:15:52 -0600 From: Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why ... Message-ID: <19981220171552.A23828@drwho.xnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199812200805.JAA00654@www.giovannelli.it>; from Gianmarco Giovannelli on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 01:55:56AM %2B0100 References: <199812200805.JAA00654@www.giovannelli.it>
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On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 01:55:56AM +0100, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > > Why there is no text editor in /bin or /sbin or /stand (a simple text editor, vi, > ee or anything else) ? [...] > The only thing I found is ed in /bin but it isn't so much fair to use... So learn how to use "ed". On many systems, it's all you get in /bin anyway, and BSD is known for being rather conservative in that aspect. It's not that hard to learn, and if you already are familiar with sed, grep, and vi (ex), then it's even easier. -- drwho @ xnet.com, BOFH -- http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ America: where you're free to do as you're told. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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