Re: [Sheflug] vi, emacs, sharp sticks

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
>  That's exactly the reason I'm trying to figure out how to use vi.

good good :)

> 
>  My OpenBSD boxen only have vi (got emacs as a package to add to one
> machine - not the other to keep space free).
> 

Fairy nuff ... only wish I had summat useful to do with OpenBSD as it seems a 
very very solid UNIX. All BSD's do actually. Dunno why; there isn't a huge 
difference between them and UNIX, but there's summat about the look and feel 
that well, seems more solid :)

>  All I need to do is edit /etc/whatever and that's the lot!
> 
>  If I ever code or do big edits, out with XEmacs, on with
> set-global-font-lock and off we go!
> 


Most people have given the basics, I've not read them though :) If you 
remmeber that there are two modes for vi; command mode and edit mode; you'll 
be okay :) On some UNIX boxen (or iffy telnet clients, a la windows) you 
can't move around the file you're editing with the cursor keys, having to use 
h,j,k and l instead - which makes it a pain to some extent as you have to 
flip between command and edit regularly...but its summat you get used to.

And in the end you can't beat just going <ESC>:%!!sort to filter the file 
through sort ... (great when you're playing with temporary files when trying 
to do summat complex).

Vi's great :)

Chris...
[*] though no doubt there is a way to filter a file through an external 
command in emacs...

:w!reply.baz
:q

*grin*



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