[Sussex] Vi? - editor poll

[Trevor Marshall]

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 15:01, Tony Austin wrote:
> > Just to be clear:  vi is _not_ the standard UNIX editor ( ed is!),
> > --
> > Geoff Teale
> > Cmed Technology
> >
> 
> POLL:-
> 
> Keith "it's just a bit of fun" Barrett asks, "Which *nix editors do you
> know to survival level?"
> 
> a.  nano (doesn't do much and be careful to always use -w)      ____1
> b.  vi (don't forget to press ESC! and if only the help helped)        ____1
> c.  ed (glowers at you sullenly & responds ? until q is entered)   ____
> d.  emacs (the choice of the freest of the free)                          

a - 'cos there's enough help on-screen to get by with
b - 'cos I've used it for more years than I care to remember, including
using it for command editing in bash....
c - well, I could, when survival meant hacking /etc/passwd and/or
/etc/shadow on a SunOS or Solaris box...

Now, I hang my head in shame, I've /never/ learnt EMACS... beyond Escape
Meta Alt Control Shift...

The editor of the beast? That'd be vi vi vi

-- 
Trevor Marshall