Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)
On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 04:30:42PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Jim wrote:
>
> Vi is a standard. Everyone who considers themselves a 'systems
> administrator' should learn how to use vi. This is because even on very
> old systems, you will find vi on the base system.
When it comes to a situation, where we would have to decide between an ae
like editor and vi, I would vote for ae all the time for the following
reason:
* A system administrator should be able to recover his system with an ae
editor in the same way as with vi. If just don't believe that he can figure
out how vi works, buit not how ae works.
* A newbie will never be able to use vi right from the beginning. Maybe he
doesn't even know how to EXIT vi.
So: Vi is for less people useful than ae, although it may be more powerful.
I'm only talking about rescue disks and base system here.
Marcus
PS: If you say that a sysadmin expects "vi" to be there, link vi to ae on a
rescue disk. He *will* have an editor, this should be sufficient.
PPS: This is not part of an editor war, but logic calculation.
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