On 6/9/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Lan Barnes wrote:
> Are you trying to be proficient in both? I have enough problems bouncing
> between Linux (vi) and M$ (garbage).
No, but vi is the sysadmin's editor. You need the basics up through
search-and-destroy to be a good sysadmin.
This is actually less of an issue nowadays. Terminal programs seem to
get the terminal settings correct, so you normally can use emacs even
for sysadmin tasks.
However, every now and then you have to handle something and you need
vi. The last time was when I needed to admin stuff on my Linkstation.
Busybox has a pretty minimal vi, and emacs is just out of the question.
Every now and then I have to handle something and I need nano (or pico
on older systems). On screen short cuts. Small executable.
Since discovering nano years ago, I have never needed vi.
Of course, most of my editing is not with nano, but my local editor
(currently TextMate on the Mac).
-Chuck
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