From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 16 19:43:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA27355 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:43:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from uhura.concentric.net (uhura.concentric.net [206.173.119.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA27350 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:43:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mlduke@newman.concentric.net) Received: from marconi.concentric.net (marconi [206.173.119.71]) by uhura.concentric.net (8.9.1a/(98/12/15 5.12)) id WAA21364; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:43:03 -0500 (EST) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from ts002d05.mer-id.concentric.net (ts002d05.mer-id.concentric.net [206.173.184.65]) by marconi.concentric.net (8.9.1a) id WAA21131; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:43:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:43:13 -0700 (MST) From: ML Duke X-Sender: mlduke@concentric.net To: Evgeny Roubinchtein cc: Random Liegh , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi & word documents In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I think learning vi is well worth it, and I don't think it's as dawnting > as people tend to think. So says my Unix mentor as well. With a bit of background with a truly powerful text editing system-Xerox Viewpoint w/Document Editor-- from which billy & boys stole much but are not even close to catching up with yet--the power in vi is intuitively obvious. With just a _little_ practice, switching modes with the left little finger is _remarkably_ fast. Doesn't hardly interrupt a thing. But, boy oh boy, a little documentation would help a _lot_, and it seems the new edition of "famous vi book" is _never_ coming out as promised. ML Duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message