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Re: simple editor required
From: |
Harry Putnam |
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Re: simple editor required |
Date: |
Fri, 06 Jun 2003 11:00:06 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Paul Edwards" <kerravon@nosppaam.w3.to> writes:
> Particularly frustrating is when something like the "del" key
> doesn't do what I expect (not just what I expect, but what other
> versions of emacs do when the appropriate command is
> given). As I turn up to a new job, don't know how to use vi,
> and it appears that I don't even know how to delete a character.
> If I have micro-emacs (or emacs was consistent between
> versions so my .emacs did the right thing), it wouldn't be a
> problem.
Sounds like you need to bone up on vi before you go much further with
your employment quests. An employer expecting you to know vi isn't
asking a terrible lot after all.
Or expecting an employee to know about basic OS stuff like setting
the erase character in shell.. really isn't asking a terrible lot
either.
Both are very basic tools of the trade. If you can't or won't learn
them you probably need a different trade. Not to be snotty but your
post comes off like a cry baby who can't do his job.
A couple of evenings spent with a vi tutorial will get you lined out.
Then start worrying about customizing emacs or changing defaults.
Many basic unix books have vi sections.
- Re: simple editor required, (continued)
- Re: simple editor required, Peter Lee, 2003/06/03
- Re: simple editor required, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/06/03
- Re: simple editor required, kgold, 2003/06/03
- Re: simple editor required, Jon Kåre Hellan, 2003/06/03
- Re: simple editor required, Kai Großjohann, 2003/06/05
- Re: simple editor required, Paul Edwards, 2003/06/06
- Re: simple editor required, Eli Zaretskii, 2003/06/06
- Re: simple editor required,
Harry Putnam <=
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- Re: simple editor required, Peter Lee, 2003/06/06
- Re: simple editor required, Harry Putnam, 2003/06/06
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- Re: simple editor required, Peter Lee, 2003/06/06
- Re: simple editor required, David Masterson, 2003/06/09
- Re: simple editor required, kgold, 2003/06/11
- Re: simple editor required, Eli Zaretskii, 2003/06/11
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- Re: simple editor required, Benjamin Rutt, 2003/06/11
- Re: simple editor required, Kin Cho, 2003/06/11
- Re: simple editor required, Benjamin Rutt, 2003/06/12
- Re: simple editor required, Kin Cho, 2003/06/12