Allen - pico and nano are a bit easier than vi.
http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/software/pine/pico.html
http://www.nano-editor.org/
Regards,
Tom

"Allen Egerton" <aegerton (AT) pobox (DOT) com> wrote

Allen Egerton wrote:
I know :q! to quit a document I've gotten into with vi <docname>

That one command (<shif>colon-q-<shift>splat) as the way to quit a
document has been enough to dissuade me from learning any more vi
commands (although not from making sure I can arrow around in spite of
using j's and other keys to do so).

Which one of these is not like the others...
quit
exit
ex
bye
<esc> then Y
<ctl>-q
q
qu
:q!

Whoever designed vi clearly does not have me in mind as an end user.

Cheers! --dawn

vis ok if you want to join a cult

dawn wrote:
<snip>
Well, there's always EMACS if vi doesn't work for you.

The nice thing about vi is that it's on almost all *nix boxes. So, if
you get past its nasty learning curve, you've got an editor that's
almost certain to be on the machine you're working on.

And given my druthers, I still like working with ED, as simple,
antiquated and limiting as it is. Old habits are hard to break. Which
is why very so often I find myself typing in NSED to bring up the
non-shared editor. That doesn't work very well.

--
Allen Egerton aegerton (AT) pobox (DOT) co

Well at least it's provided some pre-Xmas entertainment.. I've been away
from CDP for a few weeks due to overwork and a recent reload of my PC.....

It's nice to remember why I like it here.... Not that I've furthered mine
or anybody elses knowledge of "pick" in the past hour...

Simon
"Joe" <fester (AT) pus (DOT) com> wrote

"Glen B" wrote:
That's a great site. It's amazing that you should post a link to them
just today. I was thinking of these recent threads and went there to
look for an appropriate icon to express my sentiments. Among others:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/78ae/
I thought better of posting anything like this ... until now.

T

Hi Tony,

Merry Christmas.

I'm the first to admit I have no real understanding of the topology of
Usenet. I use Google groups these days, and I don't even understand
where all these messages are stored.

But, I have to ask... How do you change the name of the topic or
subject when you respond?

You can refer me to another source, or not answer at all. I understand
we all don't have much extra time.

I promise not to call you p*s.

Thanks

i don't like emacs it enforces a certain type of indentation

Tony Gravagno <g6q3x9lu53001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com.invalid> wrote:

I have a complete (I think) cheat sheet for vi here:

http://web.wt.net/~lkessler/vi_reference_card.rtf

--
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security,
unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm
programs, you would not hear of that party again in our
political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course,
that believes you can do these things. Among them are [a] few
other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or
business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and
they are stupid." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 11/8/54