Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:21:33 +0200 From: "Stefan Bethke" <stefan@promo.de> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Mike <mike@seidata.com>, "Chuck Robey" <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, "John Birrell" <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the place of vi Message-ID: <967847.3101556093@stefan.promo.de>
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--On Die, 14. Apr 1998 8:12 Uhr -0500 "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Mike wrote: > I guess my point is I agree with what you're saying, but not with what > you're SAYING. I think the line should be drawn at vi, not below it. > What're you going to say to a poor non-hacker when their system fails to > mount their /usr partition, and you can just BARELY convince them that vi > is usable? What're the chances that your recent convert from Windows is > going to believe in FreeBSD's superiority when they have no recource but > to use ed when they make one small mistake somewhere?? When was the last time you guys looked in /stand? # /stand/ee or $ man ee Might not quite emacs, but surely better suited for that Windoze convert than vi ... Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-851744-18 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-851744-44 Eduardstrasse 46-48 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-20257 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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