Hey, I wanted to learn vi... back when it was the only thing available on the USL Solaris labs... :) Well, it was either that or emacs...
I don't remember if nano/pico were on there or not, now that I think about it. Actually, I still use vi now if I want to do a quick edit of a file on a remote server and I don't feel like logging into in with Nautilus and editing the file with gedit. Then again, I don't find gedit all that slow on my laptop, and I like its highlighting modes for code work. -Nick On Fri, February 2, 2007 9:57 am, 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 > >
