On 15 Jun 1998, Martin Mitchell wrote: > Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, but note that the current version of ae fixes a lot of these > > problems. [I found this out while attempting to verify some > > of my gripes about ae.] > > Is it just me, or does the vi mode in the current version of ae not work > at all? I tried > > ae -f /etc/ae2vi.rc tst > > and could not even quit with :q, I had to switch consoles and kill it.
i've 'discovered' this several times when booting "linux emergency" or "linux single" at the LILO prompt....unless you remember to run 'open' a few times to get some more virtual consoles, the only way out is to push the reset button. not a good thing to do to a system. the fact is that ae is easy for some people so it should be on the rescue disk (even though it sucks badly - personally, i find it difficult and clumsy to use, and won't use it for anything). joe is a nice easy editor but is much too big. i'd prefer joe on the rescue disk but it won't fit. elvis-tiny is small enough to fit on too (although that may have changed now that we use slang rather than ncurses - can elvis-tiny use slang??) and provides a decent editor for people who can't/won't use crap. > Perhaps much of this discussion could be solved if ae managed vi keybindings > a little better. > > Martin. > > P.S. This test was using ae version 962-20. -- craig sanders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
