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From: Gary R. Schmidt on 20 Jul 2010 08:09
Whirled.Peas wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:14:55 -0500, Frank Hahn wrote:
>
>
>> I also use vi. Not that I like it but I know enought commands to at
>> least make a few changes and then get it saved. ;-)
>
>
> I wonder how many people have shut down or reset their computers because
> they did not know how to exit vi?
>
>
> I'd wager the number is probably in the thousands :-)
>
>
I doubt it - most would have powered off their terminals to kill their
logins.

Cheers,
Gary (Remembering the clunking of the power switches
of the Teletype 44's in the first-year lab) B-)
From: Spamblk on 20 Jul 2010 23:16
"Whirled.Peas" <peas(a)earth.org> wrote in
news:i21i9p$266$1(a)news.datemas.de:

> Leafpad is simple to
> use, is easily compiled, requires few libraries, and starts up quickly.

As is the case with NEDIT, http://www.nedit.org/screenshots.php, which
although rather dated (2005) loads instantly and is probably the fastest
editor I have ever used on a Linux system. It has a few quirks, which are
more than made up by speed. Supports tabs, split windows etc. The macro
facility is very easy to learn.

From: »Q« on 19 Jul 2010 21:11
In <news:i22s1d$43l$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
Nemesis <somewhere(a)home.br> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:33:35 +0000, Whirled.Peas wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:14:55 -0500, Frank Hahn wrote:
> >
> >> I also use vi. Not that I like it but I know enought commands to at
> >> least make a few changes and then get it saved. ;-)
> >
> > I wonder how many people have shut down or reset their computers
> > because they did not know how to exit vi?
> There is an alternative ?
> >
> >
> > I'd wager the number is probably in the thousands :-)
> vimtutor
> []'s

Oh, but it's not as if people haven't shut down their computers while in
the middle of a vimtutor run, because they don't remember the first
lessons, because they've tried to cram too much into their skulls.

For anybody who just needs a TUI client to edit a few things and save
(as with config files), either pico or nano is usually handy or can be
gotten quickly. (If I wanted a TUI for coding or any serious writing,
it would be vim. But I don't. ;)
From: JC Leyba on 24 Jul 2010 18:07
Didn't know about some of these.

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