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Date:      Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:58:16 +0200
From:      Lars Kristiansen <lars@adventuras.no>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org>
Subject:   Re: /rescue/vi doesn't work without /usr (no terminal db)
Message-ID:  <363962EBE42E425894C20364@cm-80.111.248.098.chello.no>
In-Reply-To: <20050825184535.GA6719@ayvali.org>
References:  <20050825140445.GH1282@ayvali.org> <20050825141037.GA49271@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050825150531.GI1282@ayvali.org>	<430E0C78.1080905@dial.pipex.com> <20050825184535.GA6719@ayvali.org>

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--On Thursday, August 25, 2005 02:45:35 PM -0400 "N.J. Thomas" 
<njt@ayvali.org> wrote:

> But when things have gone so wrong that you actually have to use the
> tools in /rescue, you are generally not in the mood to deal with
> something as archaic as ed. =-)

To keep a copy of the e3 binary somewhere convinient may be helpful.
It kind of simulates vi behaviour if started as e3vi.

/usr/ports/editors/e3
A full featured text editor written in assembler

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Lars

>
> Thomas







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