From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jun 1 0:42:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 763121523E for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:42:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA24447; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 02:42:27 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 02:42:27 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Dustin Lang , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ramblings from a Newbie... Message-ID: <19990601024227.A20944@futuresouth.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Alfred Perlstein on Sun, May 30, 1999 at 01:07:06AM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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