From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 14 10:25:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA21909 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:25:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA21902 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:25:26 GMT (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA00960; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: Mike cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" , John Birrell , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the place of vi In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Mike wrote: > Lastly, I've never meant any of my posts to seem condescending toward > anyone or to sound like I'm picking on someone. I'm not. There's always > things you don't know... I've just always firmly believed that 'not > knowing' is a great reason to learn... not to whine. Especially on a > -hackers list... where I'd like to think the kernel gurus hang out... > and I'm sure they don't need to hear a discussion of why vi won't work in > single user mode. I think you want to read before you post. You already have scared off folks ... In your first post, you disagreed with me, then proposed exactly what I said ... without including the quote of what I'd said in my second paragraph. I always make a practice of reading what I post twice before sending it out ... I think that's always good advice ... and has saved me more than once from doing even stupider things, believe me. Let's have this thing die, ok? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message