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Date:      Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:59:07 -0700
From:      Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net>
To:        mlduke@concentric.net, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A first encounter with 'vi'
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19980615185907.007d6210@mx.serv.net>
In-Reply-To: <358546DE.49CE@concentric.net>
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At 10:07 AM 6/15/98 -0600, ML Duke wrote:

>In the beginning was vi, surely created on the first day.

Yeah, as I said, it's a throwback to the mainframe days.

>Awesome power lurks within and woe to the newbie who ventures into
>the mysterious screen without the knowledge of how to exit gracefully.

I didn't venture into it, I was FORCED into it when I tried to change my
shell.

>This newbie once started a thread on freebsd-questions called "stuck in
>vi" which made for much good humored fun poking. The first circle
>cannot be entered unless the Unix newbie has had his/her fair share
>of "%^&!beep&*^^^%!!beep_(*&^%$beep.....

Naah, that's 2nd circle stuff.

>After being introduced to vi, and beginning to understand the power,
>I am convinced that Document Editor was (and still is) only executing
>vi commands.

Enjoy.  Me, I'll stick with ee.



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