From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jun 5 15:44:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA12545 for current-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 15:44:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vector.jhs.no_domain (slip139-92-42-186.ut.nl.ibm.net [139.92.42.186]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA12538; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 15:44:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vector.jhs.no_domain (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA10169; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 17:58:40 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199606051558.RAA10169@vector.jhs.no_domain> X-Authentication-Warning: vector.jhs.no_domain: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Keith Bostic cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@freebsd.org, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: editors From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.2608126 (later) Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Mailer: EXMH version 1.6.5 95 12 11, PGP available In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jun 1996 08:34:25 EDT." <199606051234.IAA28273@mongoose.bostic.com> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 17:58:40 +0200 Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Reference: > From: Keith Bostic > Subject: Re: editors > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 08:34:25 -0400 (EDT) > Message-id: <199606051234.IAA28273@mongoose.bostic.com> > > >> question that I haven't been able to answer is what to use to > >> trigger this event. I could certainly use :help, but as Julian > > > > How about a command line flag? I can run `vi --on-screen-help' > > or whatever when I know that the novice is about to be punted into > > vi, no sweat. > > True, but the one that worries me is when someone just types > vi, or gets launched because their EDITOR variable wasn't set. > > I keep wandering around ideas like three keystroke errors > in a row... ;-} That's a nice idea, as long as it could be disabled by something like ~/.exrc `set noautohelp' Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/