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I understand why development on

2013-06-11 21:21:09.440847+02 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

I understand why development on production servers can be necessary, and I don't want install anything new, but vi can just FOAD already.

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#Comment Re: made: 2013-06-11 21:41:07.900553+02 by: Mars Saxman

god I hate vi

at least nano is near-universal.

#Comment Re: made: 2013-06-11 22:21:06.303607+02 by: Dan Lyke

The worst part is that I can get around in vi fairly well, it's just that sometimes I'll forget if I'm in insert mode, and...

Yeah. Mostly, I type in Emacs, and then paste into vi in a terminal window.

#Comment Re: made: 2013-06-12 00:11:29.054226+02 by: meuon

Still plugging along on 'joe' even on a Mac pro.. Binary safe, UTF-8 support...

#Comment Re: made: 2013-06-12 00:51:00.673259+02 by: Jack William Bell

I generally use Pico or JPico (Joe in Pico emulation mode) because I rarely need to use a terminal editor and appreciate a menu system when I do.

I can't even remember the vi or EMACS key bindings anymore. I have no intention to relearn them either.

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