From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 30 7:46:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snoopy.postfuture.com (smtp.postfuture.com [209.51.13.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A425B37B9E2 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 07:46:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wsenn@postfuture.com) Received: from wwsenn (client.newscast.com [199.97.239.8]) by snoopy.postfuture.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id NNVQ649H; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 09:46:23 -0500 From: "Will Senn" To: Subject: RE: vi? lynx? please! Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 09:47:00 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Isn't it about time to remove primitive >stuff like vi and lynx from the o.s.? vi? primitive? Somebody's not thinking clearly here! Vi is one of the most advanced text editors on the planet. Need WYSIWYG?, not for text editing, it only obfuscates. If you are looking to publish something VI is probably not as well suited as others. primitive? Yikes! Later, Will Senn Senior Software Engineer, R&D Postfuture, Inc. Voice: (972) 789-1990 ext.232 Fax: (972) 991-8446 mailto:wsenn@postfuture.com http://www.postfuture.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message