emacs vs vi

[David Dyer-Bennet]

In article <811 at cerebus.UUCP>, ronc at cerebus.UUCP (Ronald O. Christian) writes:
> I tried the above and when I tried to save the file the screen froze.
> ...
> David, I think you'd have to add some to your instructions.
  I didn't think I had to provide a complete set of instructions for
getting things to work on an arbitrary terminal.  There's little questions
of setting up terminal types and things, too, but I assumed all that had
been done as part of setting up the new user account, and so would be
transparent to the new user.  The first time I tried to use vi I got
an error message saying I needed a terminal that supported cursor
positioning, because the system administrator HADN'T done that stuff.
But I still think it should be done before the user ever sees the system.
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