On Monday 14 November 2005 11:01 am, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
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;
I think you're missing the point here..... totally. I don't love vi... I don't exactly hate it either because I DO NOT normally use it. I know just enough about vi to change a line and file the file... or not file it. Heck, I don't even know how to delete a line... since what little I use vi I don't need that very often and if I do I'll just hold down the delete key for awhile. But it is a TOOL... and it is ALWAYS available... and as such it is INDISPENSABLE.