On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Will Trepanier wrote:
vi is one of those tools that you love to hate. The NGs are filled
with flames on the pros and cons.
It has a rather steep learning curve and is especially daunting
to newcomers, but if you are serious about learning *nix, it is a good
tool in your arsenal. I reckon that once you have mastered vi's use,
you have mastered about 15% of *nix, as you will have been introduced
to sed, awk and grep. Also, you would be able to sit in front of any
*nix box and feel comfortable.
It is most useful for 5-fingered typists. It's one of those
oldies but goodies. I even know a guy who refuses to use vi as he
prefers to use ex!!!! Depends on your usage; if you are only editting
small files, and making small edits, any editor will do. But, if you
are editting text files of about 50Mbs each, and placement of each
digit/character and padding is important, then vi something to keep
handy.
My 2 cents.
--
Ronald
