>UNIX 1970s editor for full screen terminals, superseding ed, the line >editor for teletypes and line-interactive terminals.
While this is certainly technically correct... I just wanted to point out, after having digesting this (and several long islands), that this simple (although, as I mentioned, accurate statement) does not pay homage to that which is "vi"... And even though this is soooo far off topic as to make this response almost sinful, I feel compelled to set the record entirely straight (err, whatever your preference is)... So without further adieu: It is pronounced "vee-eye". Not "veye" or "vee". There are a few things you need to know. Lots of things you should know. And a handful of things you can know, if you so desire. If you type "vi /lfjksadkfjl/sdfajldsjfd/sdjfdlsajf" and you don't see something which looks like the following, then your system does not have "vi" installed: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "/lfjksadkfjl/sdfajldsjfd/sdjfdlsajf" [New File] NOTICE-1: vi doesn't care that these directories don't exist. It assumes you are smarter then to edit files in directories which don't exist. NOTICE-2: Press the arrow keys - go right ahead. Notice they do nothing. How strange. NOTICE-3: Be careful! Don't go pressing any keys on the keyboard besides the arrow keys, otherwise even wierder things will happen! Okay, now press "i". Nothing happened -- or did it? Well, you will now see that you are in "INSERT MODE" - and in fact if someone has setup your vi environment to interact with humans, you might actually see that at the bottom of the screen. .. Well, anyways, I just wanted to spend a few moments and "paint a picture"... Hopefully this will encourage someone (even ONE person) to learn this wonderful gift given to us from UNIX... Sincerely, /dev/null P.S. Sorry to be off topic, but I am sure this made at least a couple of people snicker... _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
