From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jun 17 17:13:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA10746 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:13:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA10738 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:13:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA19735; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:13:39 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980618101335.17364@welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:13:35 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: David Wolfskill Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi References: <199806171614.JAA05162@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199806171614.JAA05162@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from David Wolfskill on Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 09:14:58AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 09:14:58AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote: > >Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:24:12 -0700 > >From: Tim Gerchmez > > >No. The simple fact is, I don't want to right now, and don't yet see the > >point in doing so. Personally, I believe this thread got heated because I > >basically insulted an original, holy Unix text editor.... > > Uhhmmm.... :-) > > No. vi isn't "original". It was written (essentially) by Bill Joy, > while he was at UC Berkeley, as a "glass TTY" front-end for ex. Where does ed fit into this history? Is ed available everywhere? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message