[rescue] info trumps man

Joshua Boyd jdboyd at jdboyd.net
Thu Jan 19 18:38:22 CST 2006


On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 06:19:40PM -0500, Steve Sandau wrote:
> >>i was deep into vi by the time i even heard of emacs, and as a budding
> >>sysadmin it didn't seem smart to rely on something not on the install
> >>media.  now i almost think in vi.
> > 
> > 
> > I know what you mean about thinking in vi -- don't you hate it when "dd"
> > 
> > doesn't seem to delete a line or "x" won't remove a character, and then
> > you realize you're in MSWord...
> > 
> 
> Can't count the number of times I have put :wq into a notepad session. 
> Doh! That's what I get for trying to use Windows...

Any time I touch vi, I'm certain to stick :wq into my file the next time
I try to save in emacs.  Which is odd because I never try to C-x C-s in
vi, even though I spend most of my day in emacs.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd
jdboyd at jdboyd.net
http://www.jdboyd.net/
http://www.joshuaboyd.org/



More information about the rescue mailing list