From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Oct 2 7:19:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C48B37B40B for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] helo=dogma) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 15oQOP-000D9U-00; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:19:29 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f92EJS798828; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:19:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:19:28 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: David Scheidt Cc: Paul Robinson , Brad Knowles , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: code density vs readability Message-ID: <20011002151928.G98079@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20011002142257.C98079@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from rufus@brain.mics.net on Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:11:05AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:11:05AM -0400, David Scheidt wrote: | No, vi only works if you've got a reasonable terminal. If you're using a | teletype, or a some sort of hardcopy terminal, or you're connected to a | terminal server who thinks all the world is some sort AT&T terminal that | you've never seen, or you're missing /etc/termcap, you're not going to be | doing well with vi. That's why you need to know ed. ed(1) is your friend. Point taken. I really hope not too many people out there are working with teletypes, though. :-) jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message