tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) (12/17/90)
You all know the "UNIX Hierarchy" posted now and then? I've been
working on the vi parts, and have come up with these:
1 beginner - has yet to learn the basics of vi
- still looking for wordstar
- has to go for help to get out of vi
2 novice - knows how to exit vi
- hasn't figured out how to make substitutions
- tries to enter text while in edit mode
3 user - uses vi for simple jobs, but sub-optimally
- has heard of regular-expressions but never seen one.
- wonders why people like this damn thing so much
4 knowledgeable user - is beginning to use regexps in substitutions
- uses :e and :n to switch files
5 expert - uses simple macros in vi
- uses tags to navigate large programs
6 hacker - uses undocumented features of vi
- invokes vi with startup commands "vi +xyzzy file"
7 guru - uses macros that generate and execute their own code
- has as many vi macros as shell aliases
8 wizard - has turned vi into a syntax-directed editor
- emulates emacs in vi
9 demigod - wrote or made major modifications to vi
Anybody else got other candidates?
--tom
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Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
"With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard
to look at yourself in the mirror the next morning." -mekapil@zarquon.uchicago.edu (Kapil Paranjape) (12/18/90)
How about the following addition to hacker: -spends more time writing macros than files. Some off the beaten track defns: beezlebub/devil/demon -was a wizard with vi -has switched to emacs
dak@hparc0.HP.COM (Dave Kruger) (12/18/90)
> You all know the "UNIX Hierarchy" posted now and then? I've been > working on the vi parts, and have come up with these: > 1 beginner - has yet to learn the basics of vi Entries 2 to 8 deleted. > 9 demigod - wrote or made major modifications to vi > Anybody else got other candidates? 10 god - has woken up to himself/herself, given vi away, and progressed to emacs. :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) The above was reverently entered with vi. Dave K.
schwartz@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight Schwartz) (12/18/90)
In article <111542@convex.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: > >You all know the "UNIX Hierarchy" posted now and then? I've been >working on the vi parts, and have come up with these: > >1 beginner - has yet to learn the basics of vi . . . >2 novice - knows how to exit vi . . . >3 user - uses vi for simple jobs, but sub-optimally . . . >4 knowledgeable user - is beginning to use regexps in substitutions . . . >5 expert - uses simple macros in vi . . . >6 hacker - uses undocumented features of vi . . . >7 guru - uses macros that generate and execute their own code . . . >8 wizard - has turned vi into a syntax-directed editor . . . >9 demigod - wrote or made major modifications to vi . . . > >Anybody else got other candidates? > Here's one last candidate which seems to follow from the collection above. 10 Tom - knows enough about unix and vi to create a logical hierarchy of vi users p.s. I think I qualify as a "knowlegeable user," since the most I know how to do was use a regular expression to substitute ". . ." at the end of the first nine categories above. Dwight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dwight A. Schwartz ______--_-____--________------___--_-_-_-_-_----------__ ___________________________________________________________________________ University of Illinois Department of Chemistry | 402 E. Michigan, Apt. 3 Box 10-1 Noyes Laboratory | Urbana, IL 61801 505 S. Mathews Ave. | 217-328-4823 Urbana, IL 61801 USA | 217-333-7605 _____________|___________________________ 333-3004 |Earth's crammed with Heaven, internet: schwartz@b.scs.uiuc.edu |And Every common bush afire with God; bitnet: schwartz@uiucscs |But only he who sees takes off his shoes. |The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries. | --- Elizabeth Barrett Browning