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From: Lew Pitcher on 25 Nov 2009 14:02 boltar2003(a)yahoo.co.uk trolled: > Anyone who can repair a system from the bootdisk system is > probably more than capable of using vi. Yes its rubbish but vi is > the de facto standard unix text editor and you must assume that > one day it might be your only option and hence you should learn > it. If you want to think in a minimal, survivalist manner, you should lookup the "ex" command. LewPitcher(a)LewPitcher.ca -- Official Website -->> http://lewpitcher.ca/ Something to look at: -->> http://www.emusclemag.com/ Lonely in Brampton? -->> http://gaypros.meetup.com/cities/ca/on/brampton/ Peel HIV/AIDS Network -->> http://www.phan.ca/home.html
From: Keith Keller on 25 Nov 2009 14:27 On 2009-11-25, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: > > If one wanted to clog up Pat's email with such trivialities. Simple > posting to this NG should act as a low priority message-in-a-bottle. Why should it? It's some random usenet newsgroup, which he may or may not monitor (as Lew says, Pat has stated he does not). His email is the ''official'' way to request changes. (Presumably he has another address that he uses for personal correspondence, so you shouldn't consider legitimate requests, even if low priority, clogging up his box.) You might ask if SlackBuilds will support a build script (or better still, you can provide one). > I get the impression that vi is very popular with developer types, but > unfortunately this doesn't propogate back into userworld that well. Developers (and sysadmins!) are users too! *sob* --keith -- kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information
From: Mike Jones on 25 Nov 2009 15:00 Responding to Lew Pitcher: [...] >> And lets not mention Emacs, eh? 8( > > No. Let's not. Emacs isn't so much an editor as it is an Operating > System that includes an embedded editor. But, we won't mention that > here ;-) Its got an editor in there? Wow! %| -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Mike Jones on 25 Nov 2009 15:03 Responding to Keith Keller: > On 2009-11-25, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >> >> If one wanted to clog up Pat's email with such trivialities. Simple >> posting to this NG should act as a low priority message-in-a-bottle. > > Why should it? It's some random usenet newsgroup, which he may or may > not monitor (as Lew says, Pat has stated he does not). His email is the > ''official'' way to request changes. (Presumably he has another address > that he uses for personal correspondence, so you shouldn't consider > legitimate requests, even if low priority, clogging up his box.) > > You might ask if SlackBuilds will support a build script (or better > still, you can provide one). > >> I get the impression that vi is very popular with developer types, but >> unfortunately this doesn't propogate back into userworld that well. > > Developers (and sysadmins!) are users too! *sob* > > --keith Kinda made my point really. ;) -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Mike Jones on 25 Nov 2009 15:11
Responding to boltar2003: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:15:27 GMT > Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: >>For the record, vi isn't so much an editor as an ingenious puzzle game. >>Not the kind of thing you want to find is your only option when >>attempting a repair hack from the install bootdisk. > > Anyone who can repair a system from the bootdisk system is probably more > than capable of using vi. Yes its rubbish but vi is the de facto > standard unix text editor and you must assume that one day it might be > your only option and hence you should learn it. > > B2003 I can also slam my hand in a car door repeatedly, but there are better ways to close a car door too. :\ I found much better tools than the overly-incantational vi (and clones), and Nano is streets ahead as a lightweight intuitive "pick it up and use it" terminal tool. This is why I consider it to be the best fallback editor over some other stuff that just soaks up too much brainspace when you're trying to figure out what went wrong with something else. If you're going to have obscure stuff like joe and jove in the default install, the Nano should be in there too, to be fair about it. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs. |