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Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench [message #57088 is a reply to message #57086]

Tue, 04 December 2007 06:47

Vince Hradil
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Registered: December 1999

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On Dec 4, 7:25 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Haje Korth writes:
>> I don't get it. Isn't vi that entirely user unfriendly editor form the unix
>> side where I have to hit "i" before I can even start inserting any text in
>> my document? I thought we are trying to get away from that toward more
>> usable terrain?
>
> Whoops! Haje forgot the smilely face thingy. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> P.S. One thing I learned about working in a UNIX shop
> recently is that it's not generally a good idea to impugn
> someone's choice of editor, no matter how archaic it
> seems to you. And, anyway, I'm beginning to see a lot
> more value in the old than I used to see. :-)
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

I cringe every time I watch my unix admin fire up vi - knowing that
he'll probably have to :q! at least once to start over after making an
incorrect keystroke. But then, I use emacs - I DON'T think we want to
get into that discussion ... 8^/

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		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: Haje Korth on Tue, 04 December 2007 07:54
		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: Vince Hradil on Tue, 04 December 2007 06:47
		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: jameskuyper on Tue, 04 December 2007 05:28
		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: David Fanning on Tue, 04 December 2007 05:25
		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: Haje Korth on Tue, 04 December 2007 05:07
		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: MarioIncandenza on Tue, 04 December 2007 13:49
		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 04 December 2007 09:35
		Re: Using Vi in the 7.0 Workbench By: sbolin42 on Tue, 04 December 2007 09:09

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