Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 02:42:27 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> Cc: Dustin Lang <dustinl@interchange.ubc.ca>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ramblings from a Newbie... Message-ID: <19990601024227.A20944@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990530005118.9491e-100000@cygnus.rush.net>; from Alfred Perlstein on Sun, May 30, 1999 at 01:07:06AM -0500 References: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990529215543.18774C-100000@netinfo3.ubc.ca> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990530005118.9491e-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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On Sun, May 30, 1999 at 01:07:06AM -0500, a little birdie told me that Alfred Perlstein remarked > > I dislike ee and I hate pico. Pico is so featureless it's shameful, > for instance can you: Use a tabstop other than 8 char? Sure; all it requires is a set of source hacks to change all the hard-coded 8-char specs to 4-char. Command-line flag? Nope. Config file? I laugh. Environmental var? termcap var? Well, back to vi I go... EMACS: The operating system cleverly disguised as a text editor. -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller MF4839 http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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