From owner-freebsd-current Thu May 16 06:50:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA02658 for current-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 06:50:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA02653 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 06:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA07833; Thu, 16 May 1996 09:48:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199605161348.JAA07833@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Authentication-Warning: whizzo.transsys.com: Host localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Paul Richards cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: /stand/ee References: <199605160955.KAA28639@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 10:55:14 BST." <199605160955.KAA28639@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 09:48:30 -0400 Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Learning vi is one of those things you have to do to admin an unix box. > If command line editing and mode based editors isn't your thing there > are other OS's you can use :-) At the risk of starting up a editor holy war, there are many of us out here that know how to use ed(1), and the extent of vi knowledge is :x I use emacs on *all* platforms; even back on my Amiga so many years ago now. Usually, ed is used to build an emacs; it's much easier on FreeBSD system since you can just use pkg_add and you're done. Solutions which presume that FreeBSD users will have to attend the editor re-education camps will not be appreciated. If you are seriously looking at replacing ee with an editor which may be useful beyond the installation process, then you ought to look at pico. louie