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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:11:57 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg>
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Subject: Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi,
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:03:21 +0800, Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg> wrote:
> What kind of editor do you need for rescue? Just edit one or two 
> lines in some config file to allow the full system to start 
> again.
> 
> Rescue does not need an editor programmers are used to edit their 
> source files.

I won't say anything different. For the usual "maintenance and
get the damn thing working again" tasks the /rescue editor,
especially vi, should be enough. Commands are i, a, and :wq.
>From my experience, I can't remember to have used anything
else.



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