Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:12:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jason Halbert <jason@jason-n3xt.org> Subject: Re: vi Message-ID: <XFMail.010611141213.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <20010608230043.D418@dell.dannyland.org>
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On 09-Jun-01 dannyman wrote: > On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:37:21AM -0500, Jason Halbert wrote: >> Hi All: >> >> Why is vi the default choice of editor for UNIX and how did it become >> the default? I find it cumbersome. >> >> I'm just curious of it's advantages over joe or pico or any of the >> others. > > It comes installed with the base system. > > I think cumbersome is the wrong adjective. Perhaps you mean > "frustrating?" > > Anyways, I tend to figure ee might be a better choice for default > editor. Heck no! Vi is the real thing. The first thing I do after install is always to set EDITOR to "vi". Personally I cannot stand ee. (Yes I used it in the VERY beginning, but have now forgotten how!) >It is more intuitive to use than vi. Hrm, yes possibly:) > > -danny > > -- > http://dannyman.toldme.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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