Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:23:17 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bf1783@googlemail.com, Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com>, Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org>, Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg> Subject: Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi, Message-ID: <20090626052317.GB32901@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090626061157.4e846d36.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4A430505.2020909@gmail.com> <200906261033.58894.erich@apsara.com.sg> <20090626045808.fb3b0c8d.freebsd@edvax.de> <200906261203.23172.erich@apsara.com.sg> <20090626061157.4e846d36.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 06:11:57AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:03:21 +0800, Erich Dollansky <erich@apsara.com.sg> wrote: > > What kind of editor do you need for rescue? Just edit one or two > > lines in some config file to allow the full system to start > > again. > > > > Rescue does not need an editor programmers are used to edit their > > source files. > > I won't say anything different. For the usual "maintenance and > get the damn thing working again" tasks the /rescue editor, > especially vi, should be enough. Commands are i, a, and :wq. > >From my experience, I can't remember to have used anything > else. > what about j, k [down, up]. and h,l [left, right]? why reach over for the arrow keys! oh, and o, and O [open line below/Above], and \search and that's 97 and 44/100ths of what you'll ever need. gary ps: when bill j. dies and meets st. pete at the pearly gate, pete'll say: "So what did you do--" And bill will say, "I wrote vi." red-carpet is rolled out :_) > > > -- > Polytropon > >From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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