On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 10:53:04PM -0400, steve szmidt wrote: > Over the years one gets used to some small things that makes life easier but > is only slowly catching up on OBSD. I'm curious as why this is. Is it that > real coders don't need some of them, or is it just something like a matter of > being a lower priority? > > * Not needing -a on ifconfig - Now implemented. > * Not showing all I/F's by default in ifconfig, requiring -A. > * Defaulting to bash, easier to use - Implemented. > * Command prompt buffer not clearing but leaving at least one entry on the > line and not clearing with arrow down. > * Out of date vi, harder to navigate and use, poor visual feedback. > > VI is proabably the worst as it gets a lot of use. It requires a lot more > keystrokes than it's newer versions. It also requires a lot more attention to > track the mode it is in. The newer VI is more like an typical editor and yet > retained it's power. > > Some things are probably left with earlier versions due to priority, license > issues and no doubt some developers just plain like some things not to > change. What's on the horizon? vi does not try to be anything but vi. It is a constant others emulate. Personally for a IDE there is something to be said about mg or ?emacs. It is useful to use both IMHO depending whats being done..
But, that is neither here nor there.. Best Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
