Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 18:11:34 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> Cc: Henrik Johansson <f94jnh@student.udd.htu.se>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easy editors Message-ID: <323B49B6.41C67EA6@fsl.noaa.gov> References: <1.5.4.16.19960914185310.290f2636@student.udd.htu.se> <323918CE.2828@alaska.net>
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hmmm wrote:
>
> hint: mv /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/vivi,
> mv /bin/ed /bin/eded,
> cp /usr/bin/ee /usr/bin/vi,
> cp /usr/bin/ee /bin/ed.
>
> this will probably gag a guru, but i haven't found a need
> for that goofy stuff yet, i pray things stay that way!
Gag indeed! Mucking with the /usr/bin distribution will really confuse
the next person who happens to use your machine! Eyuck!
I think this is probably a little nice way to do it---and best of all,
it's on a per-user basis!
alias vi ee
alias ed ee
setenv EDITOR /usr/bin/ee
If you're not a csh/compatible user, then
vi () { ee $*; }
ed () { ee $*; }
EDITOR=/usr/bin/ee; export EDITOR
Next question: what the heck is ee? I've used FreeBSD for what is
literally years now and never heard of it---yet there it is! The Easy
Editor! :-)
When did this thing appear?
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
Boulder Colorado USA
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