Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 23:21:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Manes <anarchy@crl.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980616220310.21545D-100000@crl.crl.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980616210023.007f6370@mx.serv.net>
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a meaning less rant... I don't see what all this fuss is over. The first person who asked about vi and started this all, I told to try pico. Ok, so you have to install Pine or whatnot to use it, big deal. Its easy, understandable, and just plane simple. For telneting, I think its perfect, since ever dos powerful dos editor I've used other then IBM's PCTEX v1.0 needs the mouse, which of course is non-existent in telnet. So, an ms-like editor is only server-side friendly, so personally I don't care. Vi definately seems useful to know, and of course can get you out of a few jams. So can edlin, but until recently, I'd forgetten it even existed, and while it might have been quicker to use when I've booted from floppy, its not to hard to quickly find edit somewhere or another and use it. Whatever you like, fine. Who cares? Use vi, use pico, use joe, or whatever you like. You can rant about it as much as you want, I like it, but lets just get down to truth. It doesn't matter what you use, as long as its small enough to be versatile, and is platform-compatable. There's no "right of passage," was there one from edit to notepad, or is learning Microsoft Word neccesary to being a knowledgable Windows user? Eventually your going to learn Word, Microsoft has forced that upon all who enter their abys, but does that mean you teach a newbie word before notepad? I've used computer for my entire sentient life, but when I first ran into vi, I immediatly hit all the keys on the keyboard in an effort to leave that hell whole, and two months later found pico, and never looked back. Vi is fine, I never learned it..but I presume I will eventually..one day when I muster enough courage, or at least am bored enough to. So, if you want to use vi, go ahead. If you don't, fine. Just don't call it some "right of passage" or other such nonsense, cuz it just doesn't matter. Someday we'll all learn. Even those new to Windows are eventually learning that dos is more then an icon on the start menu, and so will those in *nix. Just remember, to each his own, and if people want to learn they will, at their own pace. Trying to force people like cramming food into a baby's mouth...there just going to spit it back up without getting any benefit from your effort... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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