Knowing VI is like knowing how to rub 2 sticks together to make fire. No matter where you are, you can make a fire. That is a great skill to have.
For me anyway, having emacs is like having a lighter handy. - Pat -----Original Message----- From: William L. Thomson Jr. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:06 PM To: Jax-LUG Subject: Re: Linux World Map On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 18:48 -0400, Marshall wrote: > I use nano most of the time, Same here, mostly for on screen commands. > but it's quicker to use vi[m] for duplicating lines, and I'm > comfortable in both. There are times your fav wont be available, so > know and love them all. :) Thats a very good point to make. Not to favor any one editor over the other. But if you find yourself in a busybox environment or system, vi might be your only option. A very minimal version of vi. Many times over the years when I have had to use vi it was on a system that had no other editor. Thus if you have to know one other than your favorite or preferred editor. It really can't hurt to be familiar with vi at least a little bit. Android uses BusyBox and thus has vi. Emacs is not present, but they did provide nano :) -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
