Dennis wrote: > > > On 7/2/05, *Andrew Baudouin* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Joey Kelly wrote: > > >>I should not have to read a manpage to figure out how to use an > editor. > >> > >> > > > >Perhaps not, but can you do text replacement keyed off of regular > expressions > >in pico/nano? Execute a shell command (such as running the script > you're > >writing) from within the editor? Is nano installed by default on > every *nix > >box? > > > > > Don't know, don't know, and don't know. Both Ubuntu and Gentoo, my > distro's of choice, use it as their preferred editor. I find it > interesting that instead of replying to my main reason for not > using vi, > you replied with features it has that aren't even necessary for basic > text editing. > > vi doesn't come by default on gentoo, either. > > > I will respond to your original reason. If the only tools that you > are willing to use, are the tools that require no learning at all, > then expect to waste hours doing the same function a thousand times. > I repeat: I am NOT a Unix sysadmin and I do not need to use its features. I need to edit one-off config files and save them. Therefore, an editor which comes with no visible interface just isn't for me nor is it for all of the people that we are trying to convert to GNU/Linux.
> >I used pico for years and years, even after I became a sysadmin, > but made the > >switch back in 2001. I spent one torturous week trying to learn > the basic > >commands in vim > > > Glutton for punishment? :) > > > Or he wants to get things done on time. great. > > >, and tried to go back to pico at the end of the week, but > >found I simply couldn't go back to such a useless editor. I stuck > with vim > >and haven't looked back since. > > > > > Your post is the essence of Linux elitism. > > > What are you smoking, nano and vim both run on linux. You could > probably get away with vim elitism or maybe Linux (with vim installed) > elitism. Otherwise this comment is a cheap shot and I rate -1 troll. Rate it whatever you want, but it is true. "I use Linux, therefore I'm better". "I use a difficult and esoteric editor, therefore I'm better". It's the same attitude. > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > -- Dennis > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
