Dude! Where's my laptop? I need to google for a top speed of a fully grown male ostrich.
Petri John Hebert wrote: > Vi is a very mysterious and powerful editor and its mystery is exceeded only > by its power. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com> > To: general at brlug.net > Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 9:57:18 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Faster than gedit > > 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 > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and > hotel bargains. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
