Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:11:05 -0400 (EDT) From: David Scheidt <rufus@brain.mics.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: code density vs readability Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.20.0110021004400.4707-100000@brain.mics.net> In-Reply-To: <20011002142257.C98079@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, j mckitrick wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 01:52:26PM +0100, Paul Robinson wrote: > | a lot of code editing on live, remote servers. Don't ask. Needless to say, > | when you have minicom up, and you're dialled into a BSD box 300 miles away > | and you need to change that line *there* and the term settings aren't right, > | you end up quickly re-learning ed. Very quickly. And yes, we can talk about > > This is why they tell us we should all learn our way around vi because > it is *always* there, unlike other editors, and it was *designed* for > just this kind of environment (slow terminals, odd settings, etc). No, vi only works if you've got a reasonable terminal. If you're using a teletype, or a some sort of hardcopy terminal, or you're connected to a terminal server who thinks all the world is some sort AT&T terminal that you've never seen, or you're missing /etc/termcap, you're not going to be doing well with vi. That's why you need to know ed. ed(1) is your friend. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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