From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 30 10:55:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B44B237BA36 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:55:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.87.25]) by mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000630175521.MBAS381.mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:55:21 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01119; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:55:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:55:11 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: lex manno Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi? lynx? please! Message-ID: <20000630185511.D232@parish> References: <20000630114305.21415.qmail@web5403.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000630114305.21415.qmail@web5403.mail.yahoo.com>; from lexmanno@yahoo.com on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 04:43:05AM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. ``:viusage '' Easy enough? > You actually have to > memorize them and that doesn't make your life esay, > now, does it? > > > 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? > Depends, why does a server need X? That is one of Winblows (many) bad design points; you have to install a bloated GUI on a machine that site in the corner all day with the screen turned off. > Perhaps vi and lynx isn't useless but we have to admit > it.. they're _primitive_ > > bye, > lex > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message