From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 15 21:56:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA08812 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:56:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from minos.dyn.ml.org (dominus@client-151-197-112-173.bellatlantic.net [151.197.112.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA08784 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:56:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dominus@lies.dyn.ml.org) Received: from localhost (dominus@localhost) by minos.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA00780; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:56:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dominus@lies.dyn.ml.org) X-Authentication-Warning: minos.dyn.ml.org: dominus owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:56:19 -0400 (EDT) From: James X-Sender: dominus@localhost Reply-To: higginsj@iname.com To: Tim Gerchmez cc: higginsj@iname.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980615215049.007f9b20@mx.serv.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > At 12:38 AM 6/16/98 -0400, James wrote: > > >> Just FYI... they did change it. No longer limited to 64k. Macros, > >> auto-correct, keybinds, etc? Sounds like you need a word processor, not a > >> text editor (?). > > > >Marcros are great for programming. You still have to edit basic text and > >make simple typos, auto correct fixes that, and I like adding > >functionality to unused command keys. > > > >vi gives me all that. > > to each their own. I'm sure there are programmer's text editors > out there that are easier to use and offer everything vi does (and perhaps > more). But if you like vi and don't want to change, of course nobody is > gonna try and change your mind. > > >Pico is the editor used with the Pine mail package. Install pine and it > >should be there. > > Thanks for the info. If I get tired of ee, I'll install PINE (I should > probably have it installed anyway since I'll be getting a modem soon for my > BSD machine). Beats the crap outta mail. I will probably get it from a mail user now. :) James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message