From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Oct 5 18:20:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26393 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:20:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lsmls02.we.mediaone.net (lsmls02.we.mediaone.net [24.130.1.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA26377 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:19:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gummibear@we.mediaone.net) From: gummibear@we.mediaone.net Received: from ale.we.mediaone.net (we-24-130-60-145.we.mediaone.net [24.130.60.145]) by lsmls02.we.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA02560; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:19:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19990204182631.006978b8@we.mediaone.net> X-Sender: gummibear@we.mediaone.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 18:26:31 -0800 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, sue@welearn.com.au Subject: Re: First commands In-Reply-To: <199810051735.KAA00651@pau-amma.whistle.com> References: <19981005102413.55925@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:35 AM 10/5/98 -0700, David Wolfskill wrote: >I also have never found a use for "ee", but then, I've been using "vi" >(& other editors with a similar heritage) since '86. Still, for anyone >who is likely to be working with any other flavors of UNIX, I would be >*very* hard-pressed to recommend spending the time to learn "ee". "the time to learn ee"? I think that most people could spare a minute (literally) to look over the control commands on the top of the "ee" screen. It's really not hard to use, and for newbies that's a definate plus. Joey bear Garcia >-- >David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator >dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message