[GLLUG] Debian Dependencies

[Clay Dowling]

I try to avoid putting myself in situations where I  would need to do it. But yes, if I  have gotten myself into that situation, I do use vi. Vi is almost always available (although last week I  found a system that didn't even have chi or less) .
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From: Chick Tower
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2014 10:20 PM
To: Clay Dowling;bjlaur at mtu.edu;
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu;
Subject:Re: [GLLUG] Debian Dependencies

On 08/28/2014 03:02 PM, Clay Dowling wrote:
> I recommend vi. Html is just a text file with special markup, and vi
> will let you view that text. Your system already has vi.
>
> Clay

Do you actually do this, Clay?  I tried it on a random HTML file I had, 
and it looked like crap.  Granted, I used vim instead of the vim.tiny 
that is on the Debian network install system, but with all the tags with 
different colors it reminded me of Christmas tree lights.  Nothing was 
formatted on the page in the manner intended.  I neglected to mention 
that one of the tutorials has images of screenshots, so I'll want 
something that can render those images, like w3m or links2.

vim.tiny does have one useful feature for me.  The pager that this 
installation comes with is more.  I forgot how much more sucks compared 
to less.  You can't page up, only go forward, and once the end is 
reached it exits.  When invoked as "view", vim.tiny can at least allow 
me to move back and forth through a file, so I can get by without less, 
until I need to look at a man page.
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                                Chick

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