On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 17:05 +0100, Chris Jones wrote:
For the record, I would not recommend vi/vim as the first editor to try, if they are new to linux. Yes, it might be the only one installed by default, but that can be fixed with a simple
I wouldn't recommend it to a new user, either. But if it's the only thing already there, and you can't install something else, you'd want to know how to make use of it.
I never use it beyond the basic level. I can't remember the way to cut and paste, even. I'll use the GUI version for anything other than simple typing with it. ;-)
Way back when I used the Amiga I'd tried to have a go at emacs (as "memacs," on the Amiga). The hotkeys were horrendous, completely unintuitive, and the menus weren't crash hot, either.
The edit/command mode switching of vi isn't particularly intuitive, but then a few other console editors, also, leave you stranded with no way to figure out how to save or exit.