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Date:      Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:13:49 +0200
From:      Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org>
To:        lex manno <lexmanno@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: vi? lynx? please!
Message-ID:  <20000630131349.W82739@draenor.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000630110757.17110.qmail@web5404.mail.yahoo.com>; from lexmanno@yahoo.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:07:57AM -0700
References:  <20000630110757.17110.qmail@web5404.mail.yahoo.com>

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Hey there,

Sorry, but I disagree with you on this one:

o  vi is _far_ from primitive.  It's still an amazingly fast editor with
   some incredible features.  

o  You're assuming that everyone wants to use emacs and/or joe.
   Speaking personally, I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.  :)
   That's all a matter of opinion though, and everyone will have their
   own favourite editor.  While emacs might be yours, vi is certainly
   mine.

o  As for dropping lynx, you're also assuming that _everyone_ runs X
   windows.  Personally, I don't, and so lynx is quite useful.

It's important to note that everything about BSD is customizable.  If
you don't like vi, then simply remove it from your system.  Those of us
who want to use it, will keep it.

Cheers,
Marc
 
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:07:57AM -0700, lex manno wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> Well, I've been using FBSD for almost a year now and I
> was wondering. Isn't it about time to remove primitive
> stuff like vi and lynx from the o.s.? 
> 
> I mean, when there are editors like Joe and Emacs and
> browsers like Netscape, why do we need to keep all
> these antiquated monsters?
> 
> For God's sake, let us modernize!
> 
> bye,
> lex


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