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- From: gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen)
- Subject: Re: Ignorance is part of the Lamb.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.131600.29136@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: MRIH, More og Romsdal Ingeniorhogskole
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
- References: <1ebj41INN2sk@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 13:16:00 GMT
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- Tom Kovar (tom@bim.itc.univie.ac.at) wrote:
- : 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's not ignorance towards learning to use software, rather than a lack of
- information flow. Now... my quoted statement above was what I heard from a guy
- who know a lot more about it than me. I mean... c'mon! He's been here two years
- longer than I have. How am I supposed to know when he's right or wrong about
- this stuff?
-
- : 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.
- :
- In fact I was surprised to even find a man on tin, as most of my man requests
- have told me that there is no man on it.
-
- : So long. Send your flames to no.dritt, v.s.g.
-
- This has been one of the most usefull articles, so I see no reason to flame it.
- In fact, I see no reason to send any flames anywhere about anything.
-
- : Hilsen,
- : Tom
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- Gard
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