Actually a resend (the original got stuck in my qmail's queue for some reason), hopefully this one goes through:
My vote goes to joe (guess it's a write in since I haven't seen it mentioned in the thread), must be a throw back to my first job as a programmer, we had to use a dos based Wordstar editor so I don't think I'll ever forget the ctrl-k sequences... Must say vi has saved my but a few times - had to learn it for the dumb terminals on the pyramid systems at USL, glad I knew it for those times I've been on machines with nothing else, but I agree ancient and cryptic. Haven't used vim, nano or pico very much so I can't really comment on them - joe has everything I need. James > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shannon Roddy > Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 9:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] eclipse madness > > On 7/3/05, Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > vi doesn't come by default on gentoo, either. > > > > > > > emerge vim works pretty well just after booting the CD. > > > > I'll let you continue driving your Ford Pinto of editors. > > > > in #gentoo: > <sroddy> Without going on a rant, can someone tell me why vim is not > on the install CDs? > 09:14AM <blackace> sroddy: it's much larger than nano and only basic > editing is needed to install > 09:16AM <reisio> someone was recommending nano be replaced with joe > because joe has undo > > > So, there you have it. ;-) > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
