Re: [FLAME] using editors = muscle memory [WAS: Re: Full-screen editor in /bin]

[marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp]

>>>>> "ben" == ben  <benfoley@rcn.com> writes:

    ben> On Tuesday 30 July 2002 07:42 pm, marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp
    ben> wrote: [snip]
    >>  I can use vi without looking at a reference sheet.  And I have

This is supposed to be "can't use".  Gah!

    >> gone throught the vi tutorial.  (Which is really helpful to get
    >> you started).  But I just don't use it enough for me to warrent
    >> learning it.  Give me access to a box where the only editor was
    >> vi, and I bet I'd learn it pretty fast.  ^_^
    >> 

    ben> you're right about the flammability of this, but, anyway,
    ben> what the last sentence quoted above from your post is exactly
    ben> what i think is great about vi.

    ben> oh, and it's warrant. it's an interesting word.

Oops again.  Been in Japan too long.  Teaching English to ESL students
to long.  I swear I'm at a Grade 8 or 9 writing and spelling skill...

Marshal