On 04/02/2016 01:41 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
'm sure you must have missed something in between, but the essence of it all is - GUIs vary, vi doesn't. If one find's it easier to deal with varying GUIs instead of just editing one line of text using one's favourite editor, well, then I give up.
You're making a few assumptions there. Yes, people like Thee and Mee and most denizens of this list are sufficiently experienced to handle VI. Most people who buy these devices at BestBuy (or the national equivalent elsewhere) are not; they are probably MS-Windows users and they are quite used to setting things up via GUI screen. After all, put just a 'point and click' and fill in the form GUI. The second assumption is that the device is one that CAN be managed by having a file that is tftp'd at startup. None of the consumer (mostly with the D-link or LinkSys label) grade stuff I have or have worked on for my friends and neighbours have that. I should add that even at the various client sites, from SMB to national banks, the IT staff seem to prefer GUI; perhaps that's, again, the influence of Windows. And yes I'm old enough to remember when just about everything, and that included any terminals that were more than absolutely "dumb as two rocks", needed a tftp'd file, often binary, to start. I'm not sorry those days are past. That GUIs vary is beside the point; they are forms with labels and buttons. Even children can handle that. A friend who teaches IT courses for <<a firm that has tall plants in its name>> aimed at IT people who want to 'upgrade' their skills runs one for VI. He says its the worst course he has since most people who take it have a real problem with VI. Perhaps learning other things first gets in the way. Oh and BTW: VI, or at least VIM, the Linux implementation, does vary; its very very programmable and varies according to the type of file you're editing. Even the basic -jkl- keys can be altered. The problem with this thread is that its dealing with a lot of IF-BUT-MAYBE situations. We're both guilty of making generalizations that the other can, if not refute, then make a good counter case about. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org