Date: 5 Apr 2012 17:18:25 -0000 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com Subject: Re: Fast question abount EDITOR Message-ID: <20120405171825.8735.qmail@joyce.lan> In-Reply-To: <201204051629.q35GTxjA043906@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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>> Do I really need a script which in turns call emacs -nw? >Authoritative answer: 'maybe'. <grin> There may be an alternative to the obvious one line shell script, but that's what one line shell scripts are for. One of the strengths of Unix is that its design encourages people to solve problems by composing existing tools rather than by adding ever more options to every program. R's, John PS: I realize that over the decades we have strayed somewhat from this ideal.
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