From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jun 15 21:51:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA07686 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:51:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA07681 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:51:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup727.serv.net [207.207.65.91]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA04056; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980615215049.007f9b20@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:50:49 -0700 To: higginsj@iname.com From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Cc: higginsj@iname.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980615212226.007f76c0@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:38 AM 6/16/98 -0400, James wrote: >> Just FYI... they did change it. No longer limited to 64k. Macros, >> auto-correct, keybinds, etc? Sounds like you need a word processor, not a >> text editor (?). > >Marcros are great for programming. You still have to edit basic text and >make simple typos, auto correct fixes that, and I like adding >functionality to unused command keys. > >vi gives me all that. to each their own. I'm sure there are programmer's text editors out there that are easier to use and offer everything vi does (and perhaps more). But if you like vi and don't want to change, of course nobody is gonna try and change your mind. >Pico is the editor used with the Pine mail package. Install pine and it >should be there. Thanks for the info. If I get tired of ee, I'll install PINE (I should probably have it installed anyway since I'll be getting a modem soon for my BSD machine). Tim -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message