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Re: [SLE] Re: early vi -- ed -- edlin
- From: "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:03:22 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511141101.28211.abrahams@xxxxxxx>
On Monday 14 November 2005 9:15 am, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> The bottom line is that there are many good tools out there to do a job.
The problem I see is that when working with a rudimentary system such as a
rescue or recovery CD, a choice of editor is generally not provided. (I
hadn't realized that SuSE now includes joe as well as vi.) I understand
that there are a lot of people out there who still love vi; "de gustibus non
est disputandum", as the saying goes. If we're forced to choose a single
editor for recovery purposes, then it's natural that religious wars will
ensue. Recovery via a CD or DVD provides more flexibility; recovery via a
floppy is pretty restrictive, though most current hardware obviates the need
for recovery from a floppy.
Paul
> The bottom line is that there are many good tools out there to do a job.
The problem I see is that when working with a rudimentary system such as a
rescue or recovery CD, a choice of editor is generally not provided. (I
hadn't realized that SuSE now includes joe as well as vi.) I understand
that there are a lot of people out there who still love vi; "de gustibus non
est disputandum", as the saying goes. If we're forced to choose a single
editor for recovery purposes, then it's natural that religious wars will
ensue. Recovery via a CD or DVD provides more flexibility; recovery via a
floppy is pretty restrictive, though most current hardware obviates the need
for recovery from a floppy.
Paul
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