NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/alt/irc/4216

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From: [e-mail] (Tom Kovar)
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Subject: Re: Ignorance is part of the Lamb.
Date: 17 Nov 1992 20:02:09 GMT
Organization: Inst.of Theor.Chemistry,Univ.of Vienna,Austria
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gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
: In fact, I prefer not to ftp at all other than when I need something and I
: don't feel like programming it myself. Also, installing a functioning version
: of vi is not my job. I have tried to persuade the one who does this to compile
: tin on the samson and use emacs instead, but he just says that "something went
: wrong when I tried to compile it on samson, and it won't do any good to try it
: again."

  This statement is the best acknowledgement of all Ruben has written about
you ignorance towards learning to use software.
  It is not necessary to "compile in" any editor. Nearly all newer programmes
of this kind (news readers, mailers,...) ask the value of the environment
variable EDITOR and start the editor listed in it (complete programme path).
Only if this variable does not exist or does not point to any executable
file, the "compiled in" editor is started. So if you want to use your favourite
editor /usr/gardabr/jeg/er/en/dum/bruker, there is no hindrance. Btw - to find
this out, it is enough to scan through "man tin". A matter of 3 minutes.

  So long. Send your flames to no.dritt, v.s.g.
  Hilsen,
                                                                        Tom