From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 17 0:58:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from nanguo.chalmers.com.au (nanguo.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 900F337B405 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carbon (carbon.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.26]) by nanguo.chalmers.com.au (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g3H80OL0011639; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:00:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from robert@chalmers.com.au) X-Authentication-Warning: nanguo.chalmers.com.au: Host carbon.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.26] claimed to be carbon Message-ID: <049001c1e5e5$e72afc30$1a6001cb@chalmers.com.au> From: "Robert" To: Cc: "freebsd-stable" References: <200204170632.g3H6WFx43236@drugs.dv.isc.org> Subject: Re: Is it possible to rename ci to something else please !!! so it distributes as the something else :-) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:59:49 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 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 easy for me. When it gets late and I'm on autopilot..... :-) > with only filenames prompts for a commit message. Just ^C > out of it. when I remember. > > > 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'. what does ? there can't be many, as I haven't received any messages yet telling me it cant find ci ..... :-) > > Use 'ex -v' instead. Create a alias and use that instead of vi. I just have to remember to go rename ci xci each time cheers Bob > > > 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