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