From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jun 14 14:53:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07597 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:53:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA07428 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:53:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from pentium (dialup633.serv.net [207.207.65.33]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA26192 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:53:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980614145301.007ed5c0@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:53:01 -0700 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: A first encounter with 'vi' In-Reply-To: <199806141840.OAA09233@paul.rutgers.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Oh my lord... save me from vi... ;-) Today, I was unfortunate enough to encounter it for the first time when trying to change my shell from sh back to csh (don't ask). That has to be the editor from hell (forgive me if I'm insulting any old-school *nix'ers here, but this IS a forum for newbies). I thought I was in hell when I was in that editor (obviously one of the original Unix editors back when mainframes and dumb terminals were all the rage). I hope I don't commit too many sins in my life and when I die be damned to an eternity of typing full-length articles using vi . The damn thing even had the nerve to send me mail stating that I used it incorrectly afterward. An editor that Emails you and tells you about your mistakes and how to recover from them? Only in Unix... ;-) I truly am glad I don't *only* use FreeBSD (grin). Sometimes the ease of use of Win95/NT can be such sweet relief to us *nix newbies... -- 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