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> I've never seen a base-line Unix box w/o vi that was what prompted the
> initial mail.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze)
> Me too. Apart from the fact that i cannot understand the decision [...]
It's funny how often this comes up. The reason is that the base system
is t
Martin Schulze writes:
> ...there's already a notice that the only installed editor is called ae.
Where?
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote:
> When I was in school, my UNIX teacher had one immutable law;
> "Thou shalt learn vi". His argument was that no matter what
> flavor of unix you happen to come across in your career as a
> unix administrator, there will always be vi on the system. I
> hav
> The only shortcoming I have run into with ae as a base editor is the lack
> of a basic search command.
I've also had screen freezes using it over telnet; i don't know if the new
versions of ncurses have fixed this.
Martin Schulze wrote:
>
> Greg Vence writes:
>
> > > ae is on board.
> > >
> > > > I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
> > > > anymore? :-)
> > >
> > > We already faught the fight before - and lost. ae won. :-(
> > > There's a set of macros which can turn ae in a vi-
The only shortcoming I have run into with ae as a base editor is the lack
of a basic search command.
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On Apr 11, Greg Vence wrote
> > Me too. Apart from the fact that i cannot understand the decision
> > I don't want to perform this fight a second time. This was the decision
> > and now we should al live with it until we find a better solution
> > (which could mean finding a very small vi or red
Martin Schulze wrote:
>
> Greg Vence writes:
>
> > > ae is on board.
> > >
> > > > I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
> > > > anymore? :-)
> > >
> > > We already faught the fight before - and lost. ae won. :-(
> > > There's a set of macros which can turn ae in a vi-
Greg Vence writes:
> > ae is on board.
> >
> > > I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
> > > anymore? :-)
> >
> > We already faught the fight before - and lost. ae won. :-(
> > There's a set of macros which can turn ae in a vi-mode. This
> > might be included in furt
Martin Schulze wrote:
>
> Ken Gaugler writes:
>
> > > What editors come on the base install? Also, what is the input device
> > > for 'cp ' that uses the console for input?
>
> ae is on board.
>
> > I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
> > anymore? :-)
>
> We alrea
Andre Koopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Vi is not provided on the base disks because of its size.
>
> ed is very small :-)
hades|00:08:36 ~ [501] $ls -l $(type -path ed) $(type -path ae)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root23945 Jun 28 1996 /bin/ae
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root6796
With the base install you get the basic editor ae sorta like the pico
editor
Chad D. Zimmerman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote:
>
> > Greg Vence wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I need t
> > I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
> > anymore? :-)
>
> Vi is not provided on the base disks because of its size.
>
ed is very small :-)
> Dwarf
Andre
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote:
> Greg Vence wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to edit my ppp scripts.
> >
> > What editors come on the base install? Also, what is the input device
> > for 'cp ' that uses the console for input?
> >
> > Thanx -- Greg.
>
> I am surprised nobody ment
> I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
> anymore? :-)
Don't be silly. It didn't need to be mentioned; he never would have asked the
question
unless he'd somehow broken vi :)
rick
Ken Gaugler writes:
> > What editors come on the base install? Also, what is the input device
> > for 'cp ' that uses the console for input?
ae is on board.
> I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
> anymore? :-)
We already faught the fight before - and lost. ae won.
Greg Vence wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to edit my ppp scripts.
>
> What editors come on the base install? Also, what is the input device
> for 'cp ' that uses the console for input?
>
> Thanx -- Greg.
I am surprised nobody mentioned vi -- what, no purists out there
anymore? :-)
--
Ken Gaugl
On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> Also, what is the input device
> > for 'cp ' that uses the console for input?
> Well, if I understand the question your command line should look like:
>
> cp /dev/console
> cp /dev/tty1
This
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
> Well, if I understand the question your command line should look like:
>
> cp /dev/console
[snip]
> If you know which Virtual Console you are on, they are accessed through
> the ttyN devices, so from console 1 the line would look like:
>
On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Greg Vence wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to edit my ppp scripts.
>
> What editors come on the base install?
The editor you are expected to use is ae, but sed is also in base if you
really want to abuse yourself.
Ae is configured as a modeless editor with a visible help screen,
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Just type edit.
On 10-Apr-97 Greg Vence wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I need to edit my ppp scripts.
>
>What editors come on the base install? Also, what is the input device
>for 'cp ' that uses the console for input?
>
>Thanx -- Greg.
>
Have a good one.
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Hello,
I need to edit my ppp scripts.
What editors come on the base install? Also, what is the input device
for 'cp ' that uses the console for input?
Thanx -- Greg.
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