Re: Stabble Tag move

[Jasse Jansson <jasse@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 13, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 08:49:55PM +0100, Jasse Jansson wrote:
> > When you are at it, why don't you replace 'ed' to 'vi' in /bin ???
> > 'ed' was useful for teletype terminals, 'vi' are more suitable for
> > modern hardware.
>
> I don't think vi is very useful without termcap. termcap is in /usr.
> Guess what :) Basic file modifications can be done with cat alone :)

Oki, skip vi, but a more *visual* editor should be more user friendly.
I once goofed with fstab and ended up in singel user mode.
Fixing the mistake was NOT fun with ed, despite the fact
that I own all five of the 4.4BSD manuals.


> Joerg