From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 19:55:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C862106564A for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 19:55:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com [66.147.249.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC3EC8FC0A for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 19:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 26960 invoked by uid 0); 9 May 2011 19:55:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 9 May 2011 19:55:38 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=NSwXgWt+DBt8I5b2VdTJkYbMPi0BTXPqsSTvqqXxoSoLuuZQEA65MmArxDNhmrjZGi0+aUE5us67LxEUKyfth/NQ1V1hyuwlqpeHnoI2JQYaZwrehhmWLhWOi8PIeE5u; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QJWYK-0001WC-Is for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 May 2011 13:55:37 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 09 May 2011 13:42:04 -0600 Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:42:04 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110509194204.GA56572@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110509150436.61984090@gumby.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110509150436.61984090@gumby.homeunix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 19:55:39 -0000 --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:04:36PM +0100, RW wrote: >=20 > There's also ee in the base system, which is good enough for editing > configuration files, and is much easier for a casual user. The benefits > of vi and emacs are mostly for developers.=20 It's not just for software development. I use Vim for writing code, but I also use it for writing in English -- professional work on articles, development of traditional (non-computer) RPG systems, fiction, configuration files, notes to myself, and composing emails (including this one). --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk3IQ4wACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWvoACgk6mZIN0Rgux5tx8DsV03oN8u UVMAniB0vQkqOFAlHuXxFmAyI2Q/ZOyB =C16Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--