> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Shockley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:56 AM > To: misc > Subject: Re: Editing C with... > > Nick Holland wrote: > > but I WOULD tell any new user: learn the > > base system tools first. > > More to the point, have a working knowledge of ed. Had a royal PITA the > other day when I misspelled "softdep" in the /usr line in fstab, and > didn't know how to use ed. > > > Most modern OSs (with the exception of > > Windows, assuming you wish to lump it in with that category) include > > a usable editor. > > Notepad? edlin? >
Windows still has edit, as well, which is kinder and gentler than edlin and will run without the GUI (IIRC).
