Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:59:49 +1000 From: "Robert" <robert@chalmers.com.au> To: <Mark.Andrews@isc.org> 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: <049001c1e5e5$e72afc30$1a6001cb@chalmers.com.au> References: <200204170632.g3H6WFx43236@drugs.dv.isc.org>
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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 easy for me. When it gets late and I'm on autopilot..... :-) > with only filenames prompts for a commit message. Just ^C > out of it. when I remember. > > > 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'. what does ? there can't be many, as I haven't received any messages yet telling me it cant find ci ..... :-) > > Use 'ex -v' instead. Create a alias and use that instead of vi. I just have to remember to go rename ci xci each time cheers Bob > > > cheers > > bc > > > > --- > > Quantum Radio: World Music with a difference. > > http://quantum-radio.net/ > > Now Playing: Chinese Flutes - A Tayal Folk Song > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- > Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@isc.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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