Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:36:02 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> To: "John M. Purser" <jpurser@wilcofarmers.com> Cc: "'Capriotti'" <capriotti@geocities.com>, "FreeBSD Newbies (E-mail)" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: John's Progress Report - The Saga Continues Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980327113343.191C-100000@pm3h-20.pacificnet.net> In-Reply-To: <01BD595A.9B1C6520.jpurser@wilcofarmers.com>
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Actually, come to think of it.... pico is a great alternative to ee, although most advanced users would say that it's just as lame, but who cares. pico is easy to use and *very* straightforward. :) pico works great for what I need it to do (just like ee), and that's all that matters I guess. Bear =================================================== Joseph Garcia Downey, CA bear@pacificnet.net "Dont drink and drive, you might spill the beer." =================================================== On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, John M. Purser wrote: > Please note that I stated my preference was based solely on my ignorance of vi. > I've used vi and read chunks of the man pages. It is an impressive program > and I'm sure if I used it daily I'd come to appreciate it's brutally curt > command structure. But to get work done now/today/real-time this newbie needs > an editor that I can use without having another virtual terminal tuned into the > man page! > > And there's no point in starting holy/flame wars in this mailing list. We're > newbies and won't understand what you're babbling about anyway! > > :-) > > John Purser > > On Friday, March 27, 1998 8:18 PM, Capriotti [SMTP:capriotti@geocities.com] > wrote: > > Oh, please, John ! > > > > Don't mention this ee vs vi issue, please ! > > > > This will cause - hopefuly not - another religious war here ! > > > > FYI, some ppl love vi the way it is, and it's the best text editor ever, ok ? > > > > Just say yes ! > > > > :) > > > > > > > > >been replaced by /etc/rc.conf. I really like the ee editor. If I had to > learn > > >vi before I started changing my config files this would take a lot longer! > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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