From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 13 22:14:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC9637B409 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 22:14:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-119a7q7.biz.mindspring.com ([66.149.31.71] helo=athlon.wsonline.net) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 177Udp-00072T-00; Mon, 13 May 2002 22:14:29 -0700 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020513231434.02cf9390@pop.wsonline.net> X-Sender: richardh@pop.wsonline.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:18:30 -0600 To: Kenneth Culver , Roberto Armenteros From: RichardH Subject: Re: vi editor behaving like a bad boy... Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200205140109.47753.culverk@yumyumyum.org> References: <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com> <20020514042119.2335.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thought that, but been awhile since I ran any linux except slack which runs= =20 VI as UNIX does (I think slackware7.1 does at least), did not want to piss= =20 off a convert. Did not realize Linux (RedHat, SuSe, etc.) VI was diff. In=20 Slack it seemed to be regular VI, might be wrong on that. I do have a basic= =20 UNIX VI tute on my site at www.storm2k.com, think it's from Purdue, just a= =20 link (Thx to Purdue UNIV) but very comprehensive VI tute. At 11:09 PM 5/13/2002, Kenneth Culver wrote: >On Tuesday 14 May 2002 12:21 am, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > > I started using vi in linux and it became my favorite > > text editor. Now, in my two installations of freeBSD > > vi is practically impossible to use. The most basic > > shorcuts like pressing i or insert to start typing > > dont work. I always end up screwing up the texts i > > open with vi. I really dont know what is causing this > > problem. Is it a configuration problem? In linux vi > > would work perfectly from the default installation, > > isnt it so in freebsd? I would appreciate any input in > > this matter. > >The problem is that vi in linux is not the REAL vi... it's a modified vi... >you just have to get used to the real thing. > >Ken > > > > > Thanks a lot, Roberto Armenteros... > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a=20 Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and=20 explode once a year killing everyone inside. =97Robert Cringely in InfoWorld=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message