Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!sullivan From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: vi vs emacs in a student environment Summary: Gotta know vi Message-ID: <747@vsi.UUCP> Date: 7 Jul 88 15:06:45 GMT References: <399@cantuar.UUCP> <11418@steinmetz.ge.com> <6056@megaron.arizona.edu>Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 23 In article , ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: > wide computer center for the State University. In each environment, the > editor of preference was EMACS. Demonstrating a proficiency in vi shows little > to me as the the candidate's qualifications and lends me to believe that > the applicant is a candy-assed 3B2 luser. > > Even died-in-the-wool Doug Gwyn prefers using a real editor to "vi." The original posting wasn't about what editor people preferred. It was about what editor should be taught students. To work with Unix you have to know vi. Whether you end up using Emacs or Sun's editor isn't important. Emacs may be fine in your development environment, but if you're doing work for businesses and they have a problem with their system, you better know vi because they sure aren't going to have Emacs. Not everybody works in a swell development environment all the time. But then again, what do I know. I'm just a "candy-assed 3B2 luser (sic)". Not by choice, though. -- Michael Sullivan {uunet|attmail}!vsi!sullivan V-Systems, Inc. Santa Ana, CA sullivan@vsi.com ons, workstations, workstations, workstations, workstations, workstations, work