[Novalug] vi help, please

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Sun Dec 27 17:43:28 EST 2009


It is still to be determined if Alan will do this in the future...

Jay

> It think that is a brilliant plan.  The X2 editor is based on the old E family
> of editors (http://www.tangbu.com/x2main.shtml) and available for Linux among
> other operating systems.  (Sadly, I couldn't find any source for it.)  Alan
> can give us a demo of the editor and all its features.
>
> jf
>
> On Dec 25, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Jay Hart wrote:
>
>> Alan,
>>
>> You Sir, should take it upon yourself to convert everyone of us vi users to
>> E,
>> Kwrite, or nano.  I think you can do it, and here is how:
>>
>> In March, April, or May, you will lead the NOVALUG meeting discussion on the
>> differences of each of the four editors and provide their design
>> philosophies
>> and show us how the same types of tasks are done in the four editors.  Show
>> us
>> why E or nano is easier to use, and how to use it.  (You can provide more
>> details here yourself)
>>
>> I very much look forward to this meeting, and I'm sure Greg really
>> appreciates
>> you stepping forward as a host of this meeting.
>>
>> Have a great day,
>>
>> Jay Hart
>>
>>> There is only one piece of advice for using vi, that's DON'T.
>>>
>>> vi is remarkable in that it actually appears to damage people's brains.
>>> People who use vi, think that it is the epitome of usability, and then
>>> they go on to develop the rest of the software you see on a linux
>>> system. That's why linux sucks. =(
>>>
>>> Good non-brain dammaging editors include nano and kwrite, both will do
>>> everything you need. If you want to see how an editor should work, come
>>> over to my place and I'll show you E for IBM PC-DOS 7.0. For reasons
>>> that defy all common sense, it will STILL humiliate every other editor
>>> in use today.
>>>
>>> --
>>> DO NOT USE OBAMACARE.
>>> DO NOT BUY OBAMACARE.
>>> Powers are not rights.
>>>
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