From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jun 16 21:06:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01955 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:06:28 -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 VAA01950 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:06:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup513.serv.net [207.207.70.78]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA10136; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:06:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980616210615.007eae90@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:06:15 -0700 To: Sue Blake From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: A first encounter with 'vi' Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980617114753.27503@welearn.com.au> References: <3.0.5.32.19980616181522.007f0990@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980615181815.007f16b0@mx.serv.net> <199806170056.SAA00493@struct.> <3.0.5.32.19980616181522.007f0990@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 11:47 AM 6/17/98 +1000, you wrote: >Most people don't use vi as their main editor but have some skill with it >to use in an emergency. I won't be pressured into using vi, and nobody >will think me less of a man because of that. By your name, I would guess you were a woman, but who knows ... ;-) >When there's nothing else >around, I can use ed. Why would there be nothing else around? You could stick gunzip and a gzip'ed version of ee on a single floppy disk and take it with you wherever you go, or probably ee or a similar editor would fit on a floppy just fine uncompressed. What everyone's telling me is something like "Maybe someday you'll go blind, so it would do you good to learn braille now, just in case." My reply: Hmmmm... maybe so, but I'm not gonna do it. Actually, maybe I WOULD learn some basic Vi if I didn't feel pressured into it, but I'm feeling a little pressure from the non-newbies in this group. I believe I've insulted one of the original holy Unix commands that has been around since the first days of *nix. Something like saying something nasty about Jesus to a born again christian. -- 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