Shadus wrote:

> On 2005-09-01, Jim Watt <jimwatt@aol.no_way> blabbed:
>> I gave up on SCO because of editing in vi
> Lol, vi (vim specifically) is my favorite editor. It's simple,
> powerful, and does everything I could want out of an editor for source
> code, text files, configs, etc. I can use emacs in a pinch, jed, jove,
> pico, nano, whatever. I prefer vi, even use it in windows when I'm
> forced to work there.

Are there no Emacs guys/girls around here????


> To give up an entire os because you don't like/can't grasp its default
> editor seems... eh nevermind, it speaks for itself.
>
>> All this cryptic stuff is very fine, but these days now
>> storage is cheap its utility is outweighed by the trouble
>> in learning it and getting it right.
> I don't understand what you think is cryptic, especially since the
> original thread regarded the registery if I remember right. The
> original point if memory serves was that unix config files are much
> simplier than the registry and safer too since a single change in one
> value won't leave your machine in an unbootable state.
>
>> My first job was maintaining programs written in machine
>> code without any documentation, it taught me that often
>> the readable version is better.
> Which is why all the good commenting in most unix config files is really
> nice... compared to the registry, especially when dealing with 3rd party
> applications and programs which may or may not have a key there that is
> required... shrug, I'll stick to configs.
>


Im