Joe Fruchey wrote: > Thank you, Michael. All the uber*-geeks are so condescending unless > you live in vi, or to a lesser extent, emacs. I'm reading O'Reilly's > _Fedora_Linux_ right now, and it has an entire chapter (okay, maybe > just a big section of one) devoted to vi. I'm thinking, /who wants to > learn vi?/ > > Joe > > *My u would have an umlaut if someone could give me back my alt-codes > in Linux... > > On 2/2/07, michael dolan <michaeldolan at gmail.com> wrote: > >>I use gedit mostly now, but it is annoyingly slow. I used to use nano (got >>into that habit taking LSU CS classes). I never got into the habit of using >>vi or emacs. I don't know why, it's always been in the back of my mind. >>MD. >> >> >>On 2/2/07, Dustin Puryear < dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: >> >>>It's been a long time since I used Linux as a desktop, so I'm rather >>>behind the curve on that. Ronnie or Mike may have an idea. That said, >>>isn't there an nedit for Linux? Wasn't it fast? >>> >>>--- >>>Puryear Information Technology, LLC >>>Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 >>>http://www.puryear-it.com >>> >>>Author: >>> "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" >>> "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" >>> >>>Download your free copies: >>> http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm >>> >>> >>>Friday, February 2, 2007, 9:10:00 AM, you wrote: >>> >>> >>>>okay, okay, you got me. >>> >>>>Howabout a gui editor? I never could get into vi, or even emacs. nano >>>>-icKx for me. >>> >>>>On 2/2/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>drum roll.. >>>>> >>>>>vi >>>>> >>>>>Ha, I got there first. >>>>> >>>>>--- >>>>>Puryear Information Technology, LLC >>>>>Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 >>>>>http://www.puryear-it.com >>>>> >>>>>Author: >>>>> "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" >>>>> "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" >>>>> >>>>>Download your free copies: >>>>> http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Friday, February 2, 2007, 8:54:41 AM, you wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Notepad has always launched almost instantly on Windows machines. >>>>>>There's got to be something faster (albeit simpler) than gedit, >> >>right? >> >>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>General mailing list >>>>>>General at brlug.net >>>>>> >> >>http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>General mailing list >>>>>General at brlug.net >>>>> >> >>http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>General mailing list >>>>General at brlug.net >>>> >> >>http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>General mailing list >>>General at brlug.net >>>http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>Michael Dolan >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>General at brlug.net >>http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > uber*-geeks only use VI? Well, not to be condescending, but vi, is a mainstay in *inux systems administration. The good news is VI is available for Wenders as well :)
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