home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Path: sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!gatech!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!avalon.nwc.navy.mil!pluto!dejesus
- From: dejesus@pluto.nwc.navy.mil (Francisco X DeJesus)
- Subject: Re: replacement for vi
- Message-ID: <C1HLrr.CJK@avalon.nwc.navy.mil>
- Sender: usenet@avalon.nwc.navy.mil (NWC News Admin)
- Organization: Science Applications International Corp.
- References: <9136@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com> <EJH.93Jan18200012@khonshu.colorado.edu> <1993Jan22.233256.19125@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:38:15 GMT
- Lines: 29
-
- In article <1993Jan22.233256.19125@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> pnarsipu@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Praasad Y. Narsipur) writes:
- >In article <EJH.93Jan18200012@khonshu.colorado.edu> ejh@khonshu.colorado.edu (Edward J. Hartnett) writes:
- [...]
- >> Try GNU emacs. It's great, and with a little help you can set
- >>it up to emulate the keystrokes of your favorite editor. Why should
- [...]
- >> And before I get any flames from vi users, all I can say is,
- >>if you haven't used GNU emacs for at least a week, and given it a fair
- >>chance, then don't even bother replying. I've met very few people
- >>who've used both and stuck with vi.
-
- I've used both, and I'll stick to using both. Which one I use depends
- on what system I'm on and what type of editing I wish to do...
-
- >Hey don't be so nasty about Unix and in particular vi editor.
- >If u`r so much against vi why don't you write an editor that
- >works like DOS editor. I agree that vi takes lot of time to get used to
- >but when you are fast vi can useful and fantastic.
-
- As it has been pointed out before, the best thing about "vi" is that
- it's available on just about every Unix system. If you want to install
- "emacs" (or any other editor), chances are you will have to edit a few
- Makefiles to get it to build and work properly. It's good to know at
- least enough "vi" to be able to configure a replacement for it...
- --
- Francisco X DeJesus ----- S A I C ----- dejesus@chinalake.navy.mil
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are mine. Typos and errors are yours *
- "Duck Season!" "Rabbit Season!" "...rabbit season." "It's Duck Season! SHOOT!"
-