Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:53:10 -0500 From: Jon <jon@state.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi? lynx? please! Message-ID: <395CDE86.6EB89BFE@state.net> References: <20000630114305.21415.qmail@web5403.mail.yahoo.com> <20000630104102.A26405@manatee.mammalia.org>
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My turn! My turn! If I go to a HP3000 running MPE/iX, a FreeBSD box, an HP-UX, a DEC Alpha (they are not Compaqs!), a Solaris/SunOS, a Sidewinder, or a SCO, forbid, box, they all will have vi. If I know it for one, I know it for many. That's an advantage, especially considering my always changing employment record ;-) Jon R Joseph Wright wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:43:05AM -0700, lex manno wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Neil Blakey-Milner reffering to vi wrote: > > > > > Why? How is it 'primitive'? > > > > well: no menus, no mouse, no easy way to access all > > those impossible commands. You actually have to > > memorize them and that doesn't make your life esay, > > now, does it? > > Once you've learned all those "impossible" commands, yes, it does make > your life easy. No menus to grab, no mouse to reach for. These are > *features*. > > > > > > If you don't want lynx, don't install it. People > > > would get rather upset > > > at having to install X just to look at web pages. > > > > That's exactly what I mean! Don't you think that not > > using X Windows is kind of primitive? > > Not primitive. Development in the command line interface continues > actively. It depends on what you want to do. What does a DNS server > or a mail server need X for? > > > Perhaps vi and lynx isn't useless but we have to admit > > it.. they're _primitive_ > > No we don't :-). > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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