Though when I do bulk changes etc... I use a stream editior
I could change. If I could gain 1 hour a day... I would have quite a long time ago.
If I were a programmer, I'd have a MUCH different set of feelings.
I am SCREWED
- (broomberg)
- (71)
- Aug. 9, 2006, 11:28:33 PM EDT
:-( Get him a copy of UltraEdit.
- (Another Scott)
- (16)
- Aug. 9, 2006, 11:44:53 PM EDT
UltraEdit is great
- (cforde)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:40:00 AM EDT
UE costs money.
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 08:11:17 AM EDT
OT: Shouldn't you be on your honeymoon?
-NT
- (Yendor)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 08:40:50 AM EDT
he's gotta come up for air once in a while. ;-j
-NT
- (jbrabeck)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 08:05:12 AM EDT
That is one of the current Win choices.
- (broomberg)
- (11)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 11:14:10 AM EDT
nano?
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 11:22:57 AM EDT
Install requested
- (broomberg)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:28:26 PM EDT
I use nano as my default editor.
- (folkert)
- (8)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:29:22 PM EDT
Hmmm
- (broomberg)
- (7)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:41:08 PM EDT
No "undo"
- (broomberg)
- (5)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:01:34 PM EDT
Try this
- (drewk)
- (2)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:04:09 PM EDT
I've played with cream
- (broomberg)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:13:24 PM EDT
I won't respond to that post
- (drewk)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:14:05 PM EDT
Undo is only necessary for htose who make mistaeks.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:18:43 PM EDT
You can force it to be the default
- (folkert)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:54:07 PM EDT
No, I use them all. I am not a programmer.
- (folkert)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 03:09:45 PM EDT
Never "learned" vi, eh? I like him already!
- (jb4)
- (50)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 09:46:17 AM EDT
Sigh
- (broomberg)
- (49)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 11:24:25 AM EDT
Well...
- (jb4)
- (37)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:22:03 PM EDT
I think auto-complete is a macro
- (drewk)
- (36)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 11:50:34 AM EDT
Depends on who you ask
- (jb4)
- (13)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:23:37 PM EDT
So have them fix it
- (broomberg)
- (3)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:42:41 PM EDT
Yeah...comma...right
- (jb4)
- (2)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:08:21 PM EDT
Sigh
- (broomberg)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:16:44 PM EDT
I don't make large edits on these systems
- (jb4)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 03:50:03 PM EDT
Is vim the windows version of vi?
- (Nightowl)
- (8)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 02:23:29 PM EDT
Nope, 'vim' is 'vi, improved'
- (drewk)
- (7)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 02:35:10 PM EDT
I seem to have both kinds
- (Nightowl)
- (6)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 02:50:41 PM EDT
If it has multiple levels of 'undo' it's probably vim
-NT
- (drewk)
- (5)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 02:55:26 PM EDT
Hmmm I only know of one undo command.
- (Nightowl)
- (4)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 03:08:10 PM EDT
What's the command you use to start it?
- (jake123)
- (3)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 07:37:30 PM EDT
vi :)
- (Nightowl)
- (2)
- Aug. 12, 2006, 12:08:55 PM EDT
Of course vim can be aliased to "vi"...
- (jb4)
- (1)
- Aug. 15, 2006, 03:08:41 PM EDT
Re: Of course vim can be aliased to "vi"...
- (Nightowl)
- Aug. 16, 2006, 02:32:36 AM EDT
Yes, I mean vim
- (broomberg)
- (21)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:25:05 PM EDT
Was I right about that being a plugin?
- (drewk)
- (20)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:35:37 PM EDT
No idea
- (broomberg)
- (19)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 01:44:20 PM EDT
Hmm, gvim vs vim
- (drewk)
- (18)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:02:46 PM EDT
I prefer gvim
- (broomberg)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:15:25 PM EDT
No law says you have to use a mouse and scroolbars
- (jb4)
- (16)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 03:53:36 PM EDT
:7000<ENTER> or 7000G
-NT
- (broomberg)
- (2)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 04:59:30 PM EDT
But the day goes faster hitting Page Down 200x. ;-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 05:01:30 PM EDT
Assuming, of course, that you know the target line...
- (jb4)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 05:07:21 PM EDT
No, that's not what I was going to say
- (drewk)
- (11)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 05:20:44 PM EDT
I've seen enough of them.
- (admin)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 05:22:32 PM EDT
Here
- (broomberg)
- (7)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 06:20:39 PM EDT
And the last time you needed to edit /etc/termcap was...?
-NT
- (Yendor)
- (6)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 06:34:12 PM EDT
About 21 years ago
- (broomberg)
- (5)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 06:49:46 PM EDT
YPB
-NT
- (hnick)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 07:00:14 PM EDT
Wasn't so bad.
- (broomberg)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 07:15:49 PM EDT
I think the term would be "pathological example"
- (drewk)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 05:05:33 PM EDT
Oops, time travelling on the reboot
- (drewk)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 10:25:23 AM EDT
No, really, that's what happened
- (drewk)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 10:25:48 AM EDT
10K lines? Pshaw.
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Aug. 11, 2006, 03:01:08 AM EDT
Yes, I **did** know that.
- (jb4)
- Aug. 15, 2006, 03:10:51 PM EDT
That's what incremental search is for...
-NT
- (admin)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 05:22:12 PM EDT
Emacs.
- (admin)
- (10)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 11:50:13 AM EDT
You can do that in vi, too
- (drewk)
- (9)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 11:54:26 AM EDT
I don't see that in the man page.
- (admin)
- (4)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:26:49 PM EDT
Nope, it's a plugin
- (drewk)
- (3)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:38:20 PM EDT
Looks somewhat similar
- (admin)
- (2)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:44:37 PM EDT
Yeah, it's not as general-purpose
- (drewk)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:55:09 PM EDT
Right.
- (admin)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:57:19 PM EDT
nano can edit files on remote machines...
- (folkert)
- (3)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:27:34 PM EDT
Emacs is as simple as you make it.
- (admin)
- (2)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:32:21 PM EDT
"Modal == teh sukc" for newbies, indeedly do.
- (folkert)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 12:55:19 PM EDT
What bad habits would they be? (new thread)
- (static)
- Aug. 14, 2006, 01:10:34 AM EDT
why cant he use the xeditor on solaris?
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 02:27:08 PM EDT
'X' - not character mode
-NT
- (broomberg)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 05:02:43 PM EDT
Emacs with CUA Mode?
- (altmann)
- Aug. 10, 2006, 06:19:38 PM EDT