[brlug-general] Faster than gedit

[Robert Leche]

Joe Fruchey wrote:
> Thank you, Michael. All the uber*-geeks are so condescending unless
> you live in vi, or to a lesser extent, emacs. I'm reading O'Reilly's
> _Fedora_Linux_ right now, and it has an entire chapter (okay, maybe
> just a big section of one) devoted to vi. I'm thinking, /who wants to
> learn vi?/
> 
> Joe
> 
> *My u would have an umlaut if someone could give me back my alt-codes
> in Linux...
> 
> On 2/2/07, michael dolan <michaeldolan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>I use gedit mostly now, but it is annoyingly slow.  I used to use nano (got
>>into that habit taking LSU CS classes).  I never got into the habit of using
>>vi or emacs.  I don't know why, it's always been in the back of my mind.
>>MD.
>>
>>
>>On 2/2/07, Dustin Puryear < dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote:
>>
>>>It's been a long time since I used Linux as a desktop, so I'm rather
>>>behind the curve on that. Ronnie or Mike may have an idea. That said,
>>>isn't there an nedit for Linux? Wasn't it fast?
>>>
>>>---
>>>Puryear Information Technology, LLC
>>>Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414
>>>http://www.puryear-it.com
>>>
>>>Author:
>>>  "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers"
>>>  "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century"
>>>
>>>Download your free copies:
>>>   http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>Friday, February 2, 2007, 9:10:00 AM, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>okay, okay, you got me.
>>>
>>>>Howabout a gui editor? I never could get into vi, or even emacs. nano
>>>>-icKx for me.
>>>
>>>>On 2/2/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>drum roll..
>>>>>
>>>>>vi
>>>>>
>>>>>Ha, I got there first.
>>>>>
>>>>>---
>>>>>Puryear Information Technology, LLC
>>>>>Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414
>>>>>http://www.puryear-it.com
>>>>>
>>>>>Author:
>>>>>  "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers"
>>>>>  "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century"
>>>>>
>>>>>Download your free copies:
>>>>>  http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Friday, February 2, 2007, 8:54:41 AM, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Notepad has always launched almost instantly on Windows machines.
>>>>>>There's got to be something faster (albeit simpler) than gedit,
>>
>>right?
>>
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  uber*-geeks only use VI? Well, not to be condescending, but vi, is a 
mainstay in *inux systems administration. The good news is VI is 
available for Wenders as well :)

Bob

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