towfiq@interlan.Interlan.COM (Mark Towfigh) (06/29/90)
In article <448@beguine.UUCP> Eric.Lybeck@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) writes: (I am new to this editor) [lines with many control characters deleted] NDSU BBS - Eric Lybeck. Internet, Eric.Lybeck@bbs.acs.unc.edu... :wq :w llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :q! : q Eric, do yourself a favor, and stop using vi. Don't make the mistake of learning an editor which you will have to un-learn a year down the line. Learn Emacs, in any flavor, instead. If your system doesn't have it, make them get it. Life is too short to waste switching between buffers, insert and command mode, and the shell, when you can have multiple windows, subprocesses, and automatic parsing of compiler errors (not to mention undoing commands and online help!). Plus you can read news in GNU Emacs, using GNUS. Please. You will be doing yourself a favor. -- Mark Towfigh, Racal InterLan, Inc. towfiq@interlan.Interlan.COM W: (508) 263-9929 H: (617) 488-2818 uunet!interlan!towfiq "The Earth is but One Country, and Mankind its Citizens" -- Baha'u'llah
hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) (06/29/90)
Eric, do yourself a favor and stay away from EMACS. Don't make the mistake of avoiding vi, a robust editor that has been around for years and is still the choice of most UNIX users. If your system doesn't have EMACS, it's probably because there's not enough disk space to store the manual (which by the way, weighs in at about 115 lbs after you print it out) on line. Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live parody about the do-it-all product that supposedly would clean the floor, put out the cat, cook supper and tune up the car? Did you ever wonder what it was a parody of? EMACS! -Mike
hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) (06/29/90)
Oops! I crossposted some anti-EMACS sillyness to this newsgroup by mistake... it was a joke! It was a followup to an alt.simpsons posting. No flames please! -Mike (foot-in-mouth) Marshall
woody@eos.UUCP (Wayne Wood) (06/29/90)
In article <9509@hubcap.clemson.edu> hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes: >Eric, do yourself a favor and stay away from EMACS. Don't make the mistake >EMACS! and also remembers what EMACS stands for! E macs M akes A ll C omputers S low :-) /*** woody **************************************************************** *** ...tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit, I... *** *** -- David Gilmour, Pink Floyd *** ****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ******/