Hi,
>>"Craig" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Craig> it's not that vi is the only editor which is understood. it's more that
Craig> when you're in a hurry trying to fix some system that has gone down you
Craig> don't have time to mess around learning some stupid editor which doesn't
Craig> do any of the things you need it to do.
What doesn't ae to? As an editor for a damaged system, it
seems to work well.
Craig> being restricted to a primitive editor after you have become
Craig> proficient with vi is akin to re-learning how to talk after having a
Craig> stroke..
Ahem. vi non-primitive heh-heh-heh.
Craig> .you've lost some really fundamental ability which you take
Craig> for granted. when you know vi you don't need to remember the commands,
Craig> you just think about what changes you want to make and (metaphorically
Craig> speaking) your fingers do the rest. having to use a primitive editor
Craig> reduces you to hunt-and-peck typing and having to think about each
Craig> individual keystroke.
Are vi users less capable, or more inflexible, than users of
better editors? I think you are doing vi users a dissservice,
labeling them so incapable and unadapting.
Anyway, every one knows that vi is primitive ;-)
manoj
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