VI forever!
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OT: News.Individual.NET not free of charge anymore
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[dons flame-retardant sweatsuit]
You gotta be kidding. The only editor I've ever used that sucks worse than vi is edlin. Even Microsoft's EDIT is easier to use than vi.
You want to see a good editor, get on a Tandem system for a while.
-- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?
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Agreed. Although 'ed' will do, in a pinch.
Dave "hell, 'cat' works in a real pinch" Hinz
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No flames here, just pointing out that you choose different editors for different reasons and no, one wouldn't choose vi for ease of use; that isn't the point of using it. It would be like complaining that an F1 care is no good because it has a rough ride; yeah, it does have a rough ride but if you picked one because it would go easy on your hemroids, you picked the wrong car. OTOH, if you wanted to go fast....