Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:56:01 +0300 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA> To: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, 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: <35336AEF.C086D87B@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA> References: <967847.3101556093@stefan.promo.de>
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Stefan Bethke wrote: > --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 ... > Please: /stand/vi for me . > 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 -- @= //RSSH mailto:Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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