From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jun 14 16:40:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA27409 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:40:53 -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 QAA27401 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:40:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup128.serv.net [205.153.153.157]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA01759; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:40:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980614164042.007ece10@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:40:42 -0700 To: Ben Manes From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980614145301.007ed5c0@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I would have, but I used chsh to change my shell back from sh to csh, and it defaulted to Nvi as the editor (no choice in the matter) and I had no idea it would use vi. Actually, my preferred BSD editor so far has been ee, but I'll give pico a try. At 04:16 PM 6/14/98 -0700, you wrote: > >use pico, its like pcdos's edit -- 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