From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 15 19:02:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08731 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:02:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08714 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:02:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup533.serv.net [207.207.70.98]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA20430; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:02:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980615185907.007d6210@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:59:07 -0700 To: mlduke@concentric.net, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' In-Reply-To: <358546DE.49CE@concentric.net> References: <3.0.5.32.19980614203302.007d0800@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:07 AM 6/15/98 -0600, ML Duke wrote: >In the beginning was vi, surely created on the first day. Yeah, as I said, it's a throwback to the mainframe days. >Awesome power lurks within and woe to the newbie who ventures into >the mysterious screen without the knowledge of how to exit gracefully. I didn't venture into it, I was FORCED into it when I tried to change my shell. >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..... Naah, that's 2nd circle stuff. >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. Enjoy. Me, I'll stick with ee. -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message