From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 1 3:41: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.0.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C4637B583 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 03:40:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org) Received: from mailhost.nrnet.org (mailhost.nrnet.org [166.84.192.39]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BABC41558F; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 06:40:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (tomg@localhost) by mailhost.nrnet.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA08036; Sat, 1 Jul 2000 06:42:47 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 06:42:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Good To: FreeBSD Mailing List Info Cc: abc@shell.wetworks.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi? lynx? please! What about coffee and cigarettes?! In-Reply-To: <200006302116.RAA05907@mailhub.vta.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, FreeBSD Mailing List Info wrote: > require X and - or a mouse FCW interfaces ( Clickety Widgety - the > 'F' is usually silent. ) Now, the biggest problem I have with vi > is the annoying habit I've picked up sprinkling my $MS word docs > with ":q!" . It's interesting to me also that every useful book Ha ha! Yes indeedy. I learned vi when I first learned unix and when I started using pine I had to 'enable custom editor implicitly' to stop the d*mn thing beeping at me! I can't imagine using an editor that doesn't have two modes...this is more important to me than syntax colouring. As far as the mouse goes...I'd find a built in cigarette lighter more useful. I mean, I've already got a coffee holder tray that slides out when I press this little button here... -------------------------------------------------------------------- SVCMC - Center for Behavioral Health -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good tomg@ { admin | q8 } .nrnet.org IS Coordinator / DBA Phone: 718-354-5528 Fax: 718-354-5056 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by: PostgreSQL s l a c k w a r e FreeBSD: RDBMS |---------- linux The Power To Serve -------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message