Re: Oracle: Naked King in database land?

Vi is to Unix what notepad is to Windoze. It's always there and available . If you are going to do a lot on Unix (or Linux I would think), seems you should at least learn how to do some basic vi stuff.

Also, a few things stand out that make vi (and it's readonly equivalent, view, which uses the exact same commands) better than the Windoze notepad (and probably a lot of other editors):

1. Vi usually works with large files , like 40 Meg log files - try that with notepad.
2. Vi can change non-display charactes (like tab, end of line, carriage return, etc.).
3. Set showmatch is also nice for changing the tnsnames.ora - let's you know if you are missing a closing ')' .

I like vi, but realize anyone who has not really tried to learn it and use it, doesn't know what they are missing and cannot understand why anyone would like it.

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"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message
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> "Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message

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> > I take exception to that ... vi happens to be the world's best

"character


> > manipulator" and attempts to degrade it to the class of "editor" simply

is


> > wrong!

>

> <quote>

> So there were two guys sitting in a bar, and one says to the other,

> "That was a very intelligent remark you just made.  What's your IQ?".

> The other guy says, "178."  The first guy says, "Well, mine's 182.", and

> they go on to have a great discussion of the newest developments in the

> grand unification theories in physics.

>

> A couple of seats down, two other guys overhear the discussion, so one

> turns to the other and says, "My IQ's 101."  The other says, "Well,

> mine's 99.  How do you think the 49ers are going to do this year?"  And

> they begin to become great friends.

>

> At the far end of the bar, both conversations are overheard by a third

> pair.  One says to the other, "My IQ's 48."  The other says, "Great,

> mine's 45.  Do you use Emacs or vi?"

> </quote>

>

> That old joke perfectly reflects my own experience: there is no vi feature

> which suggests that its creator had IQ more than 50. The world moved since

> then, and no decent editor today require a user remembering silly and

> counter intuitive commands anymore. Why are you guys so vigorously

defending


> this old piece of junk?

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