Re: Need help making a /home partition

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:13:41 -0700, Vaughn Treude <vltreude@deru.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 09:36, you wrote:
> > Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > > On Sunday 26 September 2004 09:01 am, Michael Sammartano wrote:
> > >>What text editor are you using? In vi you need to type i or a to add or
> > >>delete anything. Then to save you press the escape key then type :wq to
> > >>save or if you are not the owner of the file type :wq!
> > >
> > > I was specifically asking about jpico, which was recommended as being
> > > easier than Vi. I can't figure out how to place a # in jpico, and can't
> > > find any help files in it. I know how to do the "i" for "insert", and
> > > "Esc" and :wq in Vi. That's basically ALL I know of Vi :-/
> > >
> > > Siri Amrit
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> > I just did a google search on "vi editor command list" and found some
> > very good references. If you're interested in learning more about using
> > vi, jump on in. I know that vi has a bit of a learning curve, but if you
> > expect to do much from the command line, knowing how to use vi nearly
> > indispensable (imho).
>
> I missed some of this discussion, but am I the only emacs bigot out here?
> OK, it's kind of complicated but I dislike the fundamental bimodality of
> "vi." (I mean editor mode vs. command mode; I prefer to use ctrl and alt for
> commands.) i never have liked vi very well, even though I've been using it
> sporadically for over a decade. Guess I know emacs too well, so switching to
> a different command set annoys me.
>
> Vaughn

vi is everywhere, and I have been forced to learn it. Emacs is not everywhere.
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