From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 20 15:16:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03907 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:16:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from drwho.xnet.com (drwho.xnet.com [205.243.140.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03890 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:15:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drwho@drwho.xnet.com) Received: (from drwho@localhost) by drwho.xnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA23840 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:15:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from drwho) Message-ID: <19981220171552.A23828@drwho.xnet.com> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:15:52 -0600 From: Michael Maxwell To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why ... Mail-Followup-To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199812200805.JAA00654@www.giovannelli.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <199812200805.JAA00654@www.giovannelli.it>; from Gianmarco Giovannelli on Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 01:55:56AM +0100 X-Useless-Header: http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 01:55:56AM +0100, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > > Why there is no text editor in /bin or /sbin or /stand (a simple text editor, vi, > ee or anything else) ? [...] > The only thing I found is ed in /bin but it isn't so much fair to use... So learn how to use "ed". On many systems, it's all you get in /bin anyway, and BSD is known for being rather conservative in that aspect. It's not that hard to learn, and if you already are familiar with sed, grep, and vi (ex), then it's even easier. -- drwho @ xnet.com, BOFH -- http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/ America: where you're free to do as you're told. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message