On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 07:49:11PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > some version of vi is essential on a rescue disk, regardless of what some > windows using loudmouth happens to think (and no, i'm not referring to > you here joseph).
That's just silly. If someone can figure out vi, they really ought to be able to figure out how to use an editor with on-screen help. We're not forcing anyone to write a book with it, just use it for a couple of seconds in an emergency. > ae is fine except for the vi emulation mode. it does the job, a simple > no-frills no-features text editor. I disagree: I think it's still more complicated than it needs to be. E.g., the big block of commands at the upper left is a bit too cluttered. The prompts sometimes leave something to be desired (When I type ^X^C after changing a file, why does the prompt have n^H at the end of it?) And it _is_ possible for people to get trapped in ae--but people are able to escape ee by typing the escape key and answering the prompts. Mike Stone
