Ralph Winslow wrote: > > Rick wrote: > > > <snip> > > My point is if Linux is moving forward in time why do vi-hards get > > up-in-arms > > about it being left out. vi is good for what it is. I think it should move > > into the GUI world since it is really too much for this application. > > What would one need a real editor for in the GUI world? You don't need a > text editor for playing Tetris and Solitaire, do you? One only needs a > real text editor when one is trying to accomplish some work, and one > wouldn't want to piss away 97% of one's system resources on color and > mouse handling and reshaping windows and crap like that, ... would one? >
vi is a modal editor, so has a much steeper learning curve than something like ae. I stay versed in vi commands because I have to be, not because I want to be. There may be a better bare-bones editor for debian than ae, but it should not be vi. -- -Mike Horansky, Leland Consultant (http://consult.stanford.edu/) [EMAIL PROTECTED] OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY ME ARE NOT NECESSARILY SHARED BY MY EMPLOYERS.
