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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:21:33 +0200
From:      "Stefan Bethke" <stefan@promo.de>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        Mike <mike@seidata.com>, "Chuck Robey" <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, "John Birrell" <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: the place of vi
Message-ID:  <967847.3101556093@stefan.promo.de>

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--On Die, 14. Apr 1998 8:12 Uhr -0500 "Matthew D. Fuller"
<fullermd@futuresouth.com> wrote: 

> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Mike wrote:
> I guess my point is I agree with what you're saying, but not with what
> you're SAYING.  I think the line should be drawn at vi, not below it.
> What're you going to say to a poor non-hacker when their system fails to
> mount their /usr partition, and you can just BARELY convince them that vi
> is usable?  What're the chances that your recent convert from Windows is
> going to believe in FreeBSD's superiority when they have no recource but
> to use ed when they make one small mistake somewhere??

When was the last time you guys looked in /stand?
# /stand/ee
or 
$ man ee

Might not quite emacs, but surely better suited for that Windoze convert
than vi ...


Stefan

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