On Tuesday 15 November 2005 05:13 pm, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > I still don't understand the logic of not having vi installed by default > over nano... >
Ummm.... Maybe because it's so dirt simple to figure out that you don't need to have a manual on how to use it when you first get started? I mean, there's a lot to be said for having an onscreen reference for how to invoke commands. vi and emacs are both POWERFUL, but they aren't very friendly to someone who doesn't use them often enough to know the commands by heart. I know I should learn emacs and vi, but it's always just easier to pop open nano (or pico) real fast and make changes there. And if I'm doing anything larger, I'm using Kate or something else like it. Or if I'm on a Windoze machine, Crimson Editor or something similar. While you can get versions of vi and emacs for Windoze, they aren't the editors of choice by any means. And if you want to attract converts from the Evil Empire, you can't be expecting them to know the cryptic commands of vi on day one. Nano, while not as powerful as the others, is very simple to use - allowing you to actually make it through an install to the point where you can get something better working. Just my .02c on the matter. -- Eric Bliss systems design and integration, CreativeCow.Net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
