Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 19:31:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980614191948.230C-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980614145301.007ed5c0@mx.serv.net>
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On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote:
=>
=> Oh my lord... save me from vi... ;-)
=>
=> Today, I was unfortunate enough to encounter it for the first time when
=> trying to change my shell from sh back to csh (don't ask). That has to be
=> the editor from hell (forgive me if I'm insulting any old-school *nix'ers
=> here, but this IS a forum for newbies). I thought I was in hell when I was
=> in that editor (obviously one of the original Unix editors back when
=> mainframes and dumb terminals were all the rage). I hope I don't commit
=> too many sins in my life and when I die be damned to an eternity of typing
=> full-length articles using vi <shudder>. The damn thing even had the nerve
=> to send me mail stating that I used it incorrectly afterward. An editor
=> that Emails you and tells you about your mistakes and how to recover from
=> them? Only in Unix... ;-)
If you ar interested there is a port of a small tutorial that comes
packed with Nvi, and if I am not mistaken, it is now seperate in a port.
After doing it and trying some trials on global substitutions and the
like I think that you'll appreciate the power and simplicity that is not
available in all editors.
Actually, the learning of vi(and ed) has its benefits.
No different than having knowledge of `edlin' in dos. You'll never be
denied an editor under most circumstances when wanting to work in the
field on anothers machine.
=> I truly am glad I don't *only* use FreeBSD (grin). Sometimes the ease of
=> use of Win95/NT can be such sweet relief to us *nix newbies...
Regards,
Discover Rock Solid /@\ Kevin G. Eliuk
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