Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:19:43 -0500 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vi a Joke ? Message-ID: <200111192019.fAJKJhT71152@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:12:41 PST." <20011119121228.A9030-100000@localhost>
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David dabbled > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Kent Stewart wrote: > > One point people forget and that is what can you use when you mess up > > rc.conf and your system will only boot into single user mode. Learning > > vi at that point is a painic :). > At that point it is nice to know how to use "ed". :-) as I found out the hard way a couple of months ago :) vim is on /usr, and if you're hitting single user becuase of a problem with /usr, ed is all there is. Fortunately, ed is rather obvious to the vi user--I hadn't used it in over 15 years, and did just fine. hawk -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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