David Brodbeck wrote: > G.T.Smith wrote: > >> Actually the first thing I do is try to get pico working. Nice little >> very basic editor, and I would agree with Doug and go a litlle further >> and say IMHO vi is interesting for those with a masochistic >> disposition:-) >> > > I don't like pico because there's no way to jump to the beginning or end > of the file. This may have been OK for editing email, which was its > original purpose, but it's frustrating when you're working with > configuration files. > Actually, I tend to use pico when I am dealing with modest text files (e.g. fstab mtab ) where emacs would be overkill, for working with long scripts, source files and multiple files I would use other more appropriate tools (i.e. emacs or eclipse). It is a case of 'horses for couses' . In disentangling a mauled setup pico gives just the functionality required without the intellectual mugging that vi delivers.
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