On Saturday 16 November 2013 09:51:03 Mark Wendt did opine:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com>
wrote:
> > Mark Wendt wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 3:27 PM, dave <dengv...@charter.net> wrote:
> > >> A friend of mine simply says "vi is vile".
> > >> However, if you happen to think the way it does then it make sense
> > >> else go searching for an alternative.
> > >> Good luck. ;-)
> > >>
> > >> Dave
> > >
> > > Been a Unix/VMS system and network admin for over 20 years now. vi
> > > is still my primary editor. The developers seem to like emacs and
> > > xemacs. Another old retired sysadmin I know won't use anything
> > > other than Jove. Like Kent said, there's no tellin' for taste. ;-)
> >
> > URRRppp! I have had to struggle with vi occasionally when setting up
> > a new system,
> > to edit network files so I could download emacs. I can barely make it
> > save a file.
> > (Just lack of training on it, probably.)
> >
> > Jon
>
> It's all in what you're used to I'd guess. I forced myself to learn sed
> and awk too. Those two caused much indigestion. I now use them only
> when I have to. Much easier to throw a perl script together.
>
> Mark
Chuckle, yeah, them puppies befuddles my ancient brain too unless I'm
pasting someone else's script into the cli. I could write one to save my
life.
Cheers, Gene
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