From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Apr 16 23:33:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (drugs.dv.isc.org [130.155.191.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA4F37B419 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:33:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from isc.org (localhost.dv.isc.org [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id g3H6WFx43236; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:32:20 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Message-Id: <200204170632.g3H6WFx43236@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: "Robert" Cc: "freebsd-stable" From: Mark.Andrews@isc.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to rename ci to something else please !!! so it distributes as the something else :-) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:16:21 +1000." <045701c1e5d7$6651f0e0$1a6001cb@chalmers.com.au> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:32:15 +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Is it only me or do other people accidentally type ci instead of vi - and > end up accidentally modifying files they don't mean to... Your not alone. How do you manage to modify the file? ci with only filenames prompts for a commit message. Just ^C out of it. > It's a real pain - although of course I rename the file myself, but each > upgrade - there it is back again, and a dyslexic typist like me forever > falls over it. Which breaks applications which call 'ci'. Use 'ex -v' instead. Create a alias and use that instead of vi. > cheers > bc > > --- > Quantum Radio: World Music with a difference. > http://quantum-radio.net/ > Now Playing: Chinese Flutes - A Tayal Folk Song > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@isc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message