26 Jul
2005
26 Jul
'05
8:55 a.m.
Steve Harris wrote:
True, you have to decide wether its worth the effort.
When I started
developing on UNIX machines I watched the old hands and relaised that 1)
they were all much faster than me, and 2) they (almost) all used vi. So I
took the effort to learn, in the knowledge that I would spend a lot of my
life typing. It took makes months to be able to fly vi, but now you can
prise it from my cold dead fingers.
Indeed. I have occasion to use OpenOffice, it's very nice, but it's not
this writer's tool of choice.
I think I'm just partial to things unadorned, like classical guitars, ;)
For anyone whos thinking of learning, dont start by
trying to digest it
all, just start with i A yy dd, and go from there, its all pretty
logical when you get into it.
The O'Reilly book on vi is a very good little volume. It includes a
handy pull-out for quick command reference.
I've also come to admire the emacs Way, especially with anything
Lisp-oriented. Powerful stuff there too.
Best,
dp