Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 18:25:46 -0400 (EDT) From: James <dominus@minos.dyn.ml.org> To: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> Cc: Gerald Victor Fontenay <fontenay@sfsu.edu>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re: vi Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617182459.2363A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980616212412.007ee350@mx.serv.net>
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > 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 I don'thave it but I think the Linux Bible has a chapter on Vi. Or at least a copy of the man page. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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