Peter Cornelius wrote:
> Capital P, please Gareth. Linux very particular with CLI use.
> I know pico and nano but never had the pleasure of going out with Vi.

Not surprising. "Linux very particular with CLI use"!

[chris@berty chris]$ Vi
bash: Vi: command not found

:-)

> I well know that Chris could teach me a thing or two, but I priced this
> course and viewed the schedule, and it's far in excess of anything I should
> want. I had my 27 years earning lots of Dollars (Pounds, actually) in
> computers so I should give others a chance now!

Think of it as under 500 pounds then, and you'll feel a lot more 
comfortable.

> Flaming Peter; with a capital P. 
> (See you Thurs. pm)

vi, and more particularly vim, are very powerful and useful editors. The 
sado-masochistic element in their use becomes pleasurable after about 
half an hour. "The Peter Norton's Unix" book available from the public 
library has a very good chapter about vi, and the latest release of vim 
has a very comprehensive set of lessons built-in. just say ':help' and 
vim will leave her dominatrix mode and become quite civil.

Reply via email to