325xi wrote: > Unix carries too much from legacy systems, starting with vi, which leads > to adopting legacy work style. Widely available X-apps are so horrible > that I don't always find them worth the bandwidth they take - and they > aren't always available, which gets me back to antique vi. Yes, I know, > there are some cases when you simply can't live without Unix, large > enterprise systems is a good example, but I would never touch it if I > have a choice.
There are many alternatives to vi (nano, pico, etc.) although I personally wouldn't use anything else for general editing in a terminal session. Have you actually seen/used a recent Unix or Linux distribution? Writing it off because you don't like vi seems a little premature. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
