On Wed, September 5, 2007 2:10 pm, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 02:00:24PM +0100, Malcolm Hunter wrote: >> Learning vi(m) is only really useful for people that work with multiple >> versions of *nix (e.g. AIX, Solaris, etc.), where vi is the only common >> editor among them. This is why I set out to learn it rather than any >> other >> editors. > > Er, no. > > I use almost exclusively Linux and the only editor I use is vim, > that's because it's the best (for me). I also only use vim (not > gvim) even though I am almost always in KDE. > > Let's not generalise, eh?
Argh! Sorry, I wasn't generalising - I was just responding to people that prefer other editors. What I really meant was "learning vi as alternative to your favourite Linux editor". I'm saying people don't have to feel obliged to learn it if they only use Linux. Cheers, Malcolm -- Web Development, Technical Copy-Editing & Proofreading KDE Proofreading Team KDE British English Translation Team http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
