From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 25 20:58:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCB4C16A41F for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:58:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@adventuras.no) Received: from mail.adventuras.no (mail.adventuras.no [194.63.250.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B461E43D46 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:58:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars@adventuras.no) Received: from cm-80.111.248.098.chello.no (cm-80.111.248.098.chello.no [80.111.248.98]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.adventuras.no (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7PKwH0b022267 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:58:17 +0200 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:58:16 +0200 From: Lars Kristiansen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <363962EBE42E425894C20364@cm-80.111.248.098.chello.no> In-Reply-To: <20050825184535.GA6719@ayvali.org> References: <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org> <20050825141037.GA49271@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050825150531.GI1282@ayvali.org> <430E0C78.1080905@dial.pipex.com> <20050825184535.GA6719@ayvali.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Adventuras-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Adventuras: du kan filtrere etter AdvSpamScore over 5-10 X-Adventuras-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-5.89, required 6, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -3.30, AWL 0.01, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: lars@adventuras.no Cc: "N.J. Thomas" Subject: Re: /rescue/vi doesn't work without /usr (no terminal db) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:58:28 -0000 --On Thursday, August 25, 2005 02:45:35 PM -0400 "N.J. Thomas" wrote: > But when things have gone so wrong that you actually have to use the > tools in /rescue, you are generally not in the mood to deal with > something as archaic as ed. =-) To keep a copy of the e3 binary somewhere convinient may be helpful. It kind of simulates vi behaviour if started as e3vi. /usr/ports/editors/e3 A full featured text editor written in assembler -- Lars > > Thomas