Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:05:52 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Jesper Holmberg <jeho5791@student.uu.se>, FreeBSD-newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Enough is enough (About Unix) Message-ID: <20010310230552.A7530@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <00e101c0a94f$ea6b8780$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 02:50:26AM -0800 References: <20010310110336.A8589@strindberg.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr> <00e101c0a94f$ea6b8780$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 02:50:26AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jesper Holmberg > > > >Now, I have have yet another small question: should I use Emacs or Vi > >for editing? > > > > Use vi - if you learn it then it will screw with the heads of anyone > watching you edit files over your shoulder. :-) Nah, ed is much much better for that :-) You can also use ed on any type of unix system when you can't use vi because the filesystem it's on can't be mounted (due to some problem that you need a text editor to fix... Catch22). But mostly, proficient use of ed will not fail to impress any observer, even the unix experts. For everything you ever wanted to know to help you decide which text editor to spend your life with but were afraid to ask, look at http://www.daemonnews.org/199810/editing.html Emacs and vi both get a mention. If you really think ed is worth learning, you can follow the link to "a short introduction to ed". That ed tutorial might change your mind... or your life :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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