On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Adam Koch pushed some tiny letters in this order:
>
> In the tradition of applying an automotive analogy...do you know how the
> tumblers in the cylinder of the switch on your steering column work? Do you
> know how that switch activates your starter motor? Do you know wha
.snip..
The beauty of the ongoing evolution of Linux is that it will
>eventually fulfill both the need for the geek and the grandfather looking at
>emailed pictures of his grandkids. This is the direct opposite of most
>other OS's which use operating obfuscation in t
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From: "Tony McGee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: Re [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! How do I
setthedefault editor soI can TRASH IT?
>
> On Thu, 17 Aug 20
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Mallard pushed some tiny letters in this order:
> People shouldn't need to know ANYTHING about computers to use one, or
> read all sorts of documentation to get something done on one. The next
> generation of OS that makes it will the one that is programmed to
> interface wit
OK, I'm going to start twit filtering EVERYONE who participates in this
thread. It is off topic, and degenrating into infantile noise.
Let it die, people.
A twit filter, for you newbies, means I will set procmail to discard any
mail that comes from the designated twit. this means I will never se
> This whole thread shows how the geeks won't let go of this
> stuff and thus Linux won't make it against winDOS or Mac.
> I can see Bill G. laughing all the way to the bank.
No, all it shows is the difference in requirements between someone who works
with system administration and flat-file text
Anton Graham wrote:
>
> Problem is newbies are the ones most likely to trash their
> installations
> and need a rescue disk without a clearly defined plan of action. For
> these individuals, vi is the only editor guaranteed to be running on
> the
> system. the others are all in the /usr tree an
on 8/14/00 7:43 PM, Stephen F. Bosch wrote:
> Gavin Clark wrote:
>
>>> If it bugs you, don't use it - there are plenty of other character-driven
>>> text
>>> editors available.
>>
>> this is backwards, if you know how to use vi or are willing to learn then it
>> will be a simple task for you t
