[App_rpt-users] Editor

[Chuck Henderson]

vi is the best.  long live vi.  I would not use anything else.


On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Keith Goobie <keith at goobie.org> wrote:

>  Let’s start a controversy – regardless of which unix/linux flavour you
> are going to install, the only consistent available editor you are going to
> find 100% of the time is vi.  If you are planning on running an Allstar
> node, and more importantly maintain it, you best suck it up and learn vi.
>
> If you are unwilling to learn vi, you best question your ability to
> support the node properly.  Or you had better get node maintenance and
> responsibility into the hands of some that is.
>
> In the beginning I was sloughing off learning vi, then saw the error of my
> ways and got to know it.  I am not the best at it, but it will save you
> grief.  It just plain works and is always there.
>
> Asbestos suit on!
>
> Keith/VA3YC
> 73 and Merry Christmas
>
>
>
> On 12/23/13 11:48 AM, "Geoff Edmonson" <ars.w5omr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> #~> apt-get install joe
> Joes own editor.  Kinda like an old WordStar clone. Simple, easy.
>
>
>
> Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a neophyte editor in the acid release? This is not for me, I use
> Vi but I am installing systems for a couple of guys who I would not trust
> with Vi.  I know IRLP uses Pico on Debian and that seems like a nice simple
> editor. Is that available for Centos?
>
>
>
>
> *73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio> *
>
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