On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote:

>
> > I've used vi for so long, it's pretty much automatic.  vi is a text
> > editor, not a word processor, which is what the Windoze users have so
> > gotten used to.  Once you've gotten familiar with the way vi works,
> > it's a pretty powerful utility.
> >
> > And you can't use much of anything else when your windows manager is
> > broke and you have to edit your xorg.conf, or you have to fix your
> > machine in single user mode.  No windows manager, no gedit or geany.
> > ;-)
> >
> > Mark
>
> There is that, but vi often isn't there if booted to the live cd, and you
> are often stuck with pico or nano that you've never seen before in your
> whole life...  Thats a pretty strong suckage.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>

AFAIK, vi(m) is on the Ubuntu Live CD.

Mark
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