Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 13:31:54 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Sandy Le <sandy@adept.org> Cc: lex manno <lexmanno@yahoo.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi? lynx? please! Message-ID: <20000701133154.C6862@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007010038480.12568-100000@snafu.adept.org>; from sandy@adept.org on Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 12:46:06AM -0700 References: <20000630110757.17110.qmail@web5404.mail.yahoo.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007010038480.12568-100000@snafu.adept.org>
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OK, can we all stop now? Please? R. Sandy Le said on Jul 1, 2000 at 00:46:06: > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, lex manno wrote: > > > Well, I've been using FBSD for almost a year now and I > > was wondering. Isn't it about time to remove primitive > > stuff like vi and lynx from the o.s.? > > Go buy a copy of 'Learning the vi Editor' by O'Reilly & Associates, > Inc. Read it. Then refrain from commenting on things you're uninformed > about in the future. > > Go inspect the ports collection, notice 'lynx' is not part of 'the o.s.', > then refrain from commenting on things you're uninformed about in the > future. > > > I mean, when there are editors like Joe and Emacs and > > browsers like Netscape, why do we need to keep all > > these antiquated monsters? > > Everyone doesn't want their editor to be EmacsOS, everyone doesn't use > X. Go confirm this, and refrain from commenting on things you're > uninformed about in the future. > > > For God's sake, let us modernize! > > For God's sake, let's comment on things we're informed about. > > Oh, FWIW, comment on things you know about... That way, you won't look > like an idiot in the future. > > Thanks, > ~Mike (Sandy's SO) > > PS Is this a troll? Surely it is... or, maybe April 1st already? ;) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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