From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 25 02:34:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA00798 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 02:34:06 -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 CAA00793 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 02:34:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup447.serv.net [207.207.70.48]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA13280; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 02:34:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980625023355.0080e9b0@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 02:33:55 -0700 To: Andrew Boothman From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: vi Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3587F470.1228F1D8@boothman.easynet.co.uk> References: <3.0.5.32.19980616212412.007ee350@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 I still have serious doubts that I'll even run into a Unix system where vi is the only editor accessible on the system. There are so many different text editors in Unix you could fill a phone book sized manual with the names of them (perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, but seriously... seems like every new utility you install has some sort of a text editor connected with it - for example, Pico coming along with Pine). At 05:53 PM 6/17/98 +0100, Andrew Boothman wrote: >Tim, > >I think you're being a bit harsh here. There are without doubt those who >would run you over in the street for insulting vi and its ilk, but from >what people have said here I do not believe anybody on this list fits >into that category. > >Some are simply of the opinion that a bit of knowledge of vi would be a >good thing, because it is installed on every UNIX machine since time >began, and you wouldn't need to carry anything around on a floppy. -- 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