On August 16, 2005 03:58, ET wrote: > On Tuesday 16 August 2005 12:17 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:13 pm, matt-nc tapped out: > > > At 07:11 AM 8/16/05 +1000, you wrote: > > > > > > Huzzah! Success at 10:35 PM EDT. > > > > Brilliant. You're a legend! > > > > > I checked it with the old Vim (after some Googling for instructions on > > > that) and it was at 5 so I rebooted but same problem. So I > > > reinstalled, with some online research and attention to the video specs > > > and, voila, it works. > > > > VIM = BAD, pico = good (and simple) > > or for us simpletons when at the command line,,, jed... ... > > > What editor do you all recommend? I used to have a dual boot system on > > > my desktop with RH9 and I recall using some editor in Gnome that seemed > > > to be more user friendly than Vim. > > > > pico. Great editor. It's installed with "pine" (urpmi pine). Easy, fast, > > efficient. With that said, there are going to be some trolls coming out > > of the woodwork stating that "vi" is the frogs' tits or "emacs" is the > > sunshine outta God's arse....either which, it's linux, so we have many > > choices, don't we? ...
But Real Hackers use emacs! Couldn't resist a chance to start another skirmish in the Editor Wars 8^) -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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