Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 22:54:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Branson Matheson <branson.matheson@ferginc.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTN Emacs users; new Zile release Message-ID: <XFMail.970911225443.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970911135833.433O-100000@toth.hq.ferg.com>
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Hi Branson Matheson; On 11-Sep-97 you wrote: ... > Hmmm... I for one would not want it to be the standard editor. Vi is > and always has been the standard editor for unix. I think it should > stay that way. One of the first two commands on any new boxen that I > create is: I agree with your opinion, but sorry to disagree on vi; It is not the standard Unix(tm) editor. I worked on unix for almost a decade before this new fangled vi editor even showed up :-) the standard Unix editor is ed. This may be different in bsd. > rm /usr/bin/ee ; ln -s /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/ee What for? export EDITOR=vi (setenv editor vi) will do the same without killing things. --- Sincerely Yours, (Sent on 11-Sep-97, 22:37:23 by XF-Mail) Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.643.5559, Emergency: 503.799.2313
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