From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 27 08:30:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA23265 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:30:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iceberg.pdx.oneworld.com (iceberg.pdx.oneworld.com [204.87.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA23236 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:30:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jpurser@wilcofarmers.com) Received: from johnp (mta167.pdx.oneworld.com [143.227.39.167]) by iceberg.pdx.oneworld.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA01059; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:29:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:30:32 -0800 Message-ID: <01BD595A.9B1C6520.jpurser@wilcofarmers.com> From: "John M. Purser" To: "'Capriotti'" , "FreeBSD Newbies (E-mail)" Subject: RE: John's Progress Report - The Saga Continues Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:30:18 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Please note that I stated my preference was based solely on my ignorance of vi. I've used vi and read chunks of the man pages. It is an impressive program and I'm sure if I used it daily I'd come to appreciate it's brutally curt command structure. But to get work done now/today/real-time this newbie needs an editor that I can use without having another virtual terminal tuned into the man page! And there's no point in starting holy/flame wars in this mailing list. We're newbies and won't understand what you're babbling about anyway! :-) John Purser On Friday, March 27, 1998 8:18 PM, Capriotti [SMTP:capriotti@geocities.com] wrote: > Oh, please, John ! > > Don't mention this ee vs vi issue, please ! > > This will cause - hopefuly not - another religious war here ! > > FYI, some ppl love vi the way it is, and it's the best text editor ever, ok ? > > Just say yes ! > > :) > > > > >been replaced by /etc/rc.conf. I really like the ee editor. If I had to learn > >vi before I started changing my config files this would take a lot longer! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message