Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:49:56 -0400 (EDT) From: James <dominus@lies.dyn.ml.org> To: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980615004226.1058A-100000@minos.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980614203302.007d0800@mx.serv.net>
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On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > At 11:21 PM 6/14/98 -0400, you wrote: > > >In fact, I tryed today chsh and it was vi who was the editor. > > Hmm, strange, when I switched from csh to sh it was ee that was the editor, > but vi was the editor when switching back. I think it has something to do > with the default editor set in your home directory. You must have already > been set to vi as the default when you switched. Try looking at the EDITOR environment variable. Some things look at that when choosing what to work with. > I did finally get the thing about command mode and edit mode. The thing > that bugged me was there was no easy way to escape it, even ctrl-alt-del > was trapped and I think I had to shut off my computer to get out of it at > first. Then I read the man pages enough to change the one character I > needed (added "C" before "SH" to change it back to "CSH" and got into > command mode, saved and exited. That did the trick. What kind of an > editor is it when you have to shut down your computer, reboot several > times, read man pages three times to alter one character? Like I said, I > think it would be a fit punishment for someone who committed a serious > crime to have to write a 40 page essay using vi. Do that instead of > sending to jail, and he won't ever commit a crime again :-) > Have done several web sites and lots of C/C++ with it. Trust me it is not *THAT* bad. : ) It is all I use and work and I do web development. vi is one of the first things I look for when I have to work on a new platform. I even have it for windows (vim at least). (Along with the rest of the Cygnus tools for Windows NT : ) It just takes some learning. I feel like I am most productive in vi, may hands never leave the keys for anything and I can write like a fiend. Also, I have a long list of abbreviations and keybinds in my .exrc which comes in very handy. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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