vi is a very mysterious and powerful editor and its mystery is exceeded only by its power.. of mystery.
--- 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, 4:07:50 PM, you 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
