From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 22:51:54 2003 Return-Path: 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 58A3B16A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:51:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta9.adelphia.net (mta9.adelphia.net [68.168.78.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1808D43D53 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:51:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from moo.holy.cow ([69.160.69.113]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031227065152.OTBT29600.mta9.adelphia.net@moo.holy.cow>; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:51:52 -0500 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 80897A2AA; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:56:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:56:24 -0500 From: parv To: zhangweiwu@realss.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031227065624.GA1967@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: zhangweiwu@realss.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20031226163429.GC75733@users.munk.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031226163429.GC75733@users.munk.nu> Subject: Re: need learning direction suggestions on using editors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 06:51:54 -0000 in message <20031226163429.GC75733@users.munk.nu>, wrote Jez Hancock thusly... > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 04:48:11PM +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: (something about increasing vi knowledge & moving to vim or emacs) > The major benefits of vi over vim are multiple buffers and the concept ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > of windows. Surely Zhang meant that vim has major benefits over (n)vi, not the other way around, given the vim's virtues being extolled. Right Zhang? - Parv --