From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from txsmtp02.texas.rr.com (smtp2.texas.rr.com [24.93.36.230]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 953F5AC3C5 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:41:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from beige (cs2416785-31.houston.rr.com [24.167.85.31]) by txsmtp02.texas.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g8B3fLRg021728 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:41:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] No 'real' editor in /bin ? From: oford To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <84elc3zir2.fsf@despairon.bofh.org.uk> References: <200209061556.07881.arutha@gmx.de> <878z2ftdy5.fsf@titine.scrogneugneu.org> <015101c255ba$7f85fa40$8204dca7@northamerica.corp.microsoft.com> <87heh3ruky.fsf@titine.scrogneugneu.org> <84elc3zir2.fsf@despairon.bofh.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 10 Sep 2002 21:29:57 -0500 Message-Id: <1031711397.13198.6.camel@beige> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: c837b5fc-c072-4aaa-8c4c-f7c5c74d226d X-Archives-Hash: a41fe7d57a34b31f0a9c60ea9eea24b5 On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 03:09, Piers Cawley wrote: > > I know i'm corny, but there is A Unix Editor, and VI is its > > name. > > No it isn't. 'ed' is its name. But nobody in their right mind actually > *uses* it unless they're very, very desperate... > I used it just the other day fixing a single flag in an httpd.conf. I had completed the edit in under 15 seconds. I think ed is extremely handy pretty useful. And I'm not even an old assembly geek ;) Owen