Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 02:42:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@texas.net> To: Dustin Lang <dustinl@interchange.ubc.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Ramblings from a Newbie... Message-ID: <XFMail.990530024255.dread@texas.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990529215543.18774C-100000@netinfo3.ubc.ca>
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well it's late and php is kicking my butt
On 30-May-99 Dustin Lang wrote:
>
>
> I have just one question, but it's not specific to FreeBSD or even BSD.
> Why on earth do people use vi? I'm not trying to start a flame war or
> anything, but it's just so unfriendly.
"Contrary to popular belief, vi is user-friendly.
It's just very selective with whom it makes friends with."
Doing the install was simple
> and very friendly up until I did a 'chsh' and got vi! My editor of choice
> is pico, the editor that looks like pine and has instructions on the
> bottom. Sure, it's simple and doesn't have all the advanced features you
> might want in an editor, but for doing a 'chsh', it's sufficient! Of
> course, that's just me...
>
Because it's there.
'tis on FreeBSD, Linux, the HP's, on DG/UX, and even on them nasty SCO
boxes; Vee-eye is always there.
> Before hitting reply and flaming me, check this out and have a chuckle...
> http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99may/19990508.html
editor of last resort :dd bs=1
Regards,
---
Don Read dread@calcasieu.com
EDP Manager dread@texas.net
Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX
-- Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy
and taste good with ketchup.
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