Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:30:34 -0500 From: "Kerby Smith" <kerby@bengali.npl.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Message-ID: <00a301bd9a44$aef9c4e0$4852f126@kellogg>
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heh, i was just kinda in awe of this conversation... kinda agreeing with Tim, cause i personally use pico on the shell accounts i have (only cause i dont know how to use vi), but i do agree that it is smart to know it. im totally new to FreeBSD, so dont listen to me lol, but i went to change my user info on one of my shell accounts, and was shocked when i typed chsh and it threw me into vi. heh, i didnt even know how to get out of it. so i do with i knew it, and i kinda plan on learning it. just thought id throw that in! kerby :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerby Smith kerby@bengali.npl.com I am Guilty of Murder... Blame me for the death of Jesus Christ, because it was for my sins that he was tortured and crucified! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 11:11 PM Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' >At 09:29 PM 6/16/98 -0400, you wrote: > >>Argh, Tim you are closed minded. > >Gee, thanks. Just because I can't stand Vi and don't want to teach myself >how to write a 500 page novel using it, I'm closed minded. Hmm, OK, >whatever you say. > >>I'm newbie. I dont think un*x is the solution for a newbie. > >I'm a newbie to Unix, but not a newbie to computing. I've been into >computers for 15 years, and put in enough hours in those 15 years in front >of computers to make it more like 30 years. I've also been programming in >one form or another for those past 15 years too. So although you may think >my opinion is closed-minded, I certainly have earned the right to have it. > >>But if you want to know un*x, know basic tools common to unix. >>Vi is one of the most important, because if someday you go on another >>un*x-clone, vi will be there. > >So will something else, believe me, unless Unix wants to stay back in the >1960's... in which case, I would never use it. Vi is a throwback to an >earlier era where the computer didn't do the text editing, a dumb terminal >did it, and sent the results back to the computer for processing afterwards. > >>Its a really good suggestion. > >So take it yourself - write me a 20 page essay on why you think I should >become proficient in Vi... using vi and nothing else to write it. You talk >big, prove it yourself. > > >-- >My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - >lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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