Re: X/testing crappy?
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:35:31AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
| * dman <dsh8290@rit.edu> [2001.10.28 11:57:47-0500]:
| > Isn't this awesome? <wink> In bash you can type "set -o vi" or
| > "set -o emacs" to change the readline mode. The default is emacs.
| > This could be set in ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile or /etc/bash.bashrc.
| > Alternatively check ~/.inputrc and /etc/inputrc. I have
| > "set editing-mode vi" in /etc/inputrc.
|
| i knew that. and even though i am a vi-only user [1], i do prefer
| emacs on the shell line.
Interesting.
| thanks though
np
| [1] had a course the other day, ended up teaching advanced TCP/IP to
| four dudes running linux more or less for the first time. they wanted
| to though. but as i said 'well, go edit /etc/resolv.conf' i could read
| on their faces the look of helplessness, and i could feel a hard hit
| as i realized that *all* i ever knew about editors was vi. call me
| stupid, but i couldn't even save/quit joe... anyway, now they know vi
| :)
:-).
I know a little more about editors, but I always stick with vim (or
another vi clone if I'm desperate). 'ae' is a simple little editor
that tells you all the commands at the top of the screen. 'nedit' or
'gedit' are fairly decent notepad-like editors (ie, simple gui based).
Say, have you ever seen 'evim'? It stands for "easy vim" and is vim,
but with only insert mode. Don't run it in a console! Have you ever
tried 'ed'? (I haven't, but I've heard some stories)
-D
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