okay... I think we've discussed vi enough.
On 2/2/07, Robert Leche <rleche at srcc.lsu.edu> wrote:
> 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?
> >>>
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> >>>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.
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>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?
> >>
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> 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 :)
>
> Bob
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