From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jun 16 21:24:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03925 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:24:43 -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 VAA03916 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:24:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup409.serv.net [207.207.70.10]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA11411; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:24:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980616212412.007ee350@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 21:24:12 -0700 To: Gerald Victor Fontenay , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: re: vi In-Reply-To: <199806170222.TAA28142@libra.sfsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 07:22 PM 6/16/98 -0700, Gerald Victor Fontenay wrote: >if you do even the smallest amount of administration, you simply need >to know how to use vi..it's not just for emergencies..everyone who uses >a unix system "should" learn atleast the basic commands..this has been >quite the thread in this mailing list..is it really that hard to learn >a few keystrokes? No. The simple fact is, I don't want to right now, and don't yet see the point in doing so. Personally, I believe this thread got heated because I basically insulted an original, holy Unix text editor. Thou shalt not denigrate Vi.. it's in the Unix Bible. So anyway, here are these Unix old-timers hanging around this group for whatever reason (to help out, for amusement purposes watching newbies blunder around, whatever) and along comes this Windows guy who puts down one of the *nix commands that's been around since 1945 or so. How dare he? Thou hath insulted the great Vi. That's how I'm seeing it at this point, anyway. -- 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