> > I want to avoid the Vi editor at all costs. The hour I > worked on it at > > an IBM class for AIX long ago convinced me I want to stay > away from Vi. > [...] > My point is that it might seem like the most efficient thing > to bring your > 'favourite editor' to your new platform. However, consider > the amount of > editing you'll be doing and whether it might just be easier to spend a > little time getting to know one/some of the platform's native editors.
And you need to have at least a little knowledge of the other editors so that you don't get stuck on a system without being able to edit anything -- especially when you break network connectivity and you have to try to edit something on the 3270 console and vi in line mode is the only thing that will run. You really need only a little vi to get by -- I use it only to get Emacs loaded and running...8-) -- db > > Cheers, > Vic Cross >
