On 30/07/19 at 00:02, Simone Piccardi wrote: > Il 29/07/19 22:52, Alessandro Selli ha scritto: >> >> LPI is the reference certification for many BSD people, too, and maybe >> also of what are left of Solaris sysadmins, and backw^W faithful to the >> old ways like they are vi is of paramount importance to them. Maybe >> also most AIX people would go for LPI for a widely known and appreciated >> Unix certification. >> > > I don't think the underline kernel or basic utilities make all that > differences on the role of using a specific editor to modify > configurations files, so I still don't see any reason for this > "paramount importance" also for Solaris or BSD.
Their systems by default come with vi and, IIRC, many BSDs only vi. Fpsense cannot have anything else than vi, for instance. > Also in those systems is still far more important to know more about > text filters than about the syntax of a specific editor. I never questioned that. I argued against vi's removal. >> Plus, mostly for historical reasons, vi must be available on any Unix >> system and in fact AFAIK it is, even in distros that install nano by >> default. People better be aware of it. Junior sysadmins often have to >> put their hands on system other sysadmins, may be gray-bearded and bald >> ones, have setup up to their likes. On these systems the VISUAL variable >> might be set to vi, and VISUAL overrides EDITOR, as you well know! ;-) >> > > This is a reason to add the VISUAL variable to the list of the used > terms and concentrate on the setup for choosing a preferred editor, > not a reason to require an higher vi proficiency. I never argued in favour of a "higher vi proficiency". In fact I wrote I find the current content of vi excessive. Bye, -- Alessandro Selli <[email protected]> VOIP SIP: [email protected] Chiave firma e cifratura PGP/GPG signing and encoding key: BA651E4050DDFC31E17384BABCE7BD1A1B0DF2AE
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