From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Mar 10 9:21: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from george.he.net (george.he.net [216.218.157.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A406A37B718 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 09:20:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from corten8.wiliweld.com (adsl-63-193-247-201.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.247.201]) by george.he.net (8.8.6/8.8.2) with ESMTP id JAA28351; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 09:20:51 -0800 Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 09:18:07 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Schoolcraft X-Sender: To: Jesper Holmberg Cc: FreeBSD-newbies Subject: Re: Enough is enough (emacs vs vi) In-Reply-To: <20010310110336.A8589@strindberg.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr> Message-ID: System-ID: [en] (I; SunOS 5.8 i86pc) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At Sat, 10 Mar 2001 it looks like Jesper Holmberg composed: jeho57->Now, I have have yet another small question: should I use Emacs or Vi jeho57->for editing? jeho57-> jeho57->Sorry, that was a joke. jeho57-> ............. From day one I was told I may eventually like emacs, but I'd better learn vi for you may be out trouble shooting a machine that is OFF_LINE and it may not have emacs installed but you can count on vi being in all UNIX machines 99.9% of the time. I've been using Unix type OS's for a while (1996) and have never used emacs yet. Life with all the Unix's is difficult enough and I have a motto of "I pick and choose my own battles...." and vi is a battle enough. When I become a "vi pro" if there is such a thing, then I might venture towards emacs. -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://forwardslashunix.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message