Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 10:07:58 -0600 From: ML Duke <mlduke@concentric.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Message-ID: <358546DE.49CE@concentric.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980614191948.230C-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org> <3.0.5.32.19980614203302.007d0800@mx.serv.net>
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In the beginning was vi, surely created on the first day. Awesome power lurks within and woe to the newbie who ventures into the mysterious screen without the knowledge of how to exit gracefully. This newbie once started a thread on freebsd-questions called "stuck in vi" which made for much good humored fun poking. The first circle cannot be entered unless the Unix newbie has had his/her fair share of "%^&!beep&*^^^%!!beep_(*&^%$beep..... Seriously, Xerox developed an extremely powererful system called Viewpoint with Document Editor. From it emerged Mac and winfeces but neither has advanced to the level of that which they stole even as both "developers" did cat fight over who stole whose "look and feel" that both in turn had stolen from Xerox, who won the first court battle with Mac and lost the second as the judge declared everything to be "public domain." After being introduced to vi, and beginning to understand the power, I am convinced that Document Editor was (and still is) only executing vi commands. ML Duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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