Re: Full-screen editor in /bin
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, ben wrote:
> for *nix-based editors, nothing works for me like vi, particularly
> because of the fact that a whole lot of vi is invoked in exactly the
> same way as a whole bunch of everything else in *nix. it's minimal,
> the learning time is almost nothing, and the thing has all the power
> (and more) that i ever need.
Well, vi has struck me as perversely obscure, too, but since you and a
couple of others (offlist) have suggested I give _it_ another try, I
shall.
> i wish that i could make myself think better of it, particularly given
> that it's rms's pet project, but i have to concede that i can't.
Yep - I try it every now and then and give up fairly fast.
Patrick
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Patrick Wiseman
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