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From: Aaron W. Hsu on 27 Nov 2009 10:14 Lew Pitcher <lewpitcher(a)lewpitcher.ca> writes: >But if your screen will only support a line editor, then ex, not ed, >is your best bet. Maybe if you are used to it and you have it available. I still prefer ed for those tasks, because I learned ed before Ex. Aaron W. Hsu
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 27 Nov 2009 10:17 Lew Pitcher <lewpitcher(a)lewpitcher.ca> writes: >But ed requires libraries. There are several tiny editors around >that do not require a library - there is one called "q" if I recall >correctly, and these are more ideal for a rescue disk. I only see ed linked against libc. Aaron W. Hsu
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 27 Nov 2009 10:20 Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)bugsplatter.id.au> writes: >I met vi same time I met unix -- there's less than a dozen keystrokes to >be learned for basic editing, I don't see the hassle in remembering that. >And one's left little finger soon streches the extra inches needed to >reach the escape key ;^) Or you get yourself a keyboard that has the ESC key in a convenient location. Aaron W. Hsu
From: Lew Pitcher on 27 Nov 2009 10:21 On November 27, 2009 10:11, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Aaron W. Hsu (arcfide(a)local) wrote: > Roger Maynard <lewpitcher(a)lewpitcher.ca> writes: > >>Mike Jones <Not(a)arizona.bay> trolled: >> >>> My point in a nutshell. I'm not a sysadmin. I'm an enthusiastic dabbler. > >>Exactly. You are a hobbyist, as is everyone who posts to this ng >>who is below the age of 35. Those older than 35 probably learned >>unix on a real system and slackware when there were few linux >>alternatives. > > Humph. Says you. Remember, Roger loves yanking people's chains. :-) -- Lew Pitcher Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576 Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/ ---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 27 Nov 2009 10:23
Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> writes: >The key here is not so much how big the editor is, but how usable it is >to somebody who just needs an editor that works which doesn't need an >extended course in incantational keysets just to edit a ****ing text file >or two. If you have enough knowledge to boot into a CD, and actually *recover* things through a rescue CD, which means you need to know command line and some other aspects of the Linux system that some people don't have to know, then you should definitely be able to handle switching to a different editor, especially when it really isn't that hard to use at the basic level. If all you want to do is wipe the thing clean, then you don't have to bother with the text editor at all. Aaron W. Hsu |