[LAU] An appeal to famous artists?

Fons Adriaensen fons at linuxaudio.org
Tue Aug 16 18:45:47 UTC 2011


On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:57:51PM +0200, Emanuel Rumpf wrote:

> What about starting with a simple message:
> "Welcome to vi, a text-e cditor , Press ESC : q   to quit,   Press ESC :
> h   for help. "

I'd be surprised if vi(m) couldn't be configured to do this.

> Do you notice, how much this changes the user experience ?? Almost
> effortlessly !

It just delays the problem by a few seconds. You can't use vi without
understanding its different modes etc.

And anyway, vi is not the kind of program you discover accidentally by
clicking around. It's to a sysadmin or hacker what using a screwdriver
or maybe a soldering iron is to someone meddling with electronics - part
of the essential background. You use it because you need it. There are
lots of 'cheat sheets' around, and there's 'man vi' of course.

Ciao,

-- 
FA





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