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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:32:15 +1000
From:      Mark.Andrews@isc.org
To:        "Robert" <robert@chalmers.com.au>
Cc:        "freebsd-stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is it possible to rename ci to something else please !!! so it distributes as the something else :-) 
Message-ID:  <200204170632.g3H6WFx43236@drugs.dv.isc.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:16:21 %2B1000." <045701c1e5d7$6651f0e0$1a6001cb@chalmers.com.au> 

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> Is it only me or do other people accidentally type ci instead of vi - and
> end up accidentally modifying files they don't mean to...

	Your not alone.  How do you manage to modify the file?  ci
	with only filenames prompts for a commit message.  Just ^C
	out of it.

> It's a real pain - although of course I rename the file myself, but each
> upgrade - there it is back again, and a dyslexic typist like me forever
> falls over it.

	Which breaks applications which call 'ci'.

	Use 'ex -v' instead.  Create a alias and use that instead of vi.
 
> cheers
> bc
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