Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Mike <mike@seidata.com> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the place of vi Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414121812.26876I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414122123.12362A-100000@seidata.com>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Mike wrote: > Lastly, I've never meant any of my posts to seem condescending toward > anyone or to sound like I'm picking on someone. I'm not. There's always > things you don't know... I've just always firmly believed that 'not > knowing' is a great reason to learn... not to whine. Especially on a > -hackers list... where I'd like to think the kernel gurus hang out... > and I'm sure they don't need to hear a discussion of why vi won't work in > single user mode. I think you want to read before you post. You already have scared off folks ... In your first post, you disagreed with me, then proposed exactly what I said ... without including the quote of what I'd said in my second paragraph. I always make a practice of reading what I post twice before sending it out ... I think that's always good advice ... and has saved me more than once from doing even stupider things, believe me. Let's have this thing die, ok? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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