Re: UNIX Geeks (was HTML - why bother?)

I could not agree more. I put a lot of my "HTML" on layaway because I have
been learning more Unix/Linux, and Perl than HTML. I can get away with my
old FP2000 for a bit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Evans" <chuck.evans(at)click2learn.com>
To: "'Ron Hall'" <thorn(at)cc.mcgill.ca>; "Hwg-Techniques"
<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: UNIX Geeks (was HTML - why bother?)


> In no way would I describe myself as a UNIX guru, but a working knowledge
of
> UNIX should be a must requirement for anyone who wants to be called a
> Webmaster. You never know when you're going to be called on to manage a
site
> that sits on a UNIX or Lynux box. Being able to get around the directory
> structure, change permissions, map Perl scripts to sendmail, and, yes,
even
> use vi are essential, in my opinion.
>
> A joke that circulated around the company I worked for that was basically
a
> UNIX shop concerned a new hire. He admitted to one of the old timers that
he
> was having a lot of problem "learing to use the 'six' text editor."
>
> -Chuck Evans
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Hall [mailto:thorn(at)cc.mcgill.ca]
>
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, David R. Longnecker wrote:
>
> > >> Ok, I would scream in panic with VI, but that's because it reminds me
> of
> > >> how badly I couldn't grasp the concepts of C++ in college.
> >
> > Okay.. now I feel lame that I carry around a DOS version of the VI
editor
> > just for text editing, snapshot HTML editing, and all my other text
> needs..
> > LOL.  VI rocks.. C++ is truly scary..
>
> As a long time UNIX user (>22years) can you imagine that I still
> have occassion to use (productively) ed and ex because vi is not
> yet loaded on the machine I'm setting up. Yup vi, gotta' love it.
>
> When you have the time I'll tell you the story of the 800 pg
> textbook on Electromagnetics that was done in troff (eqn and tbl).
>
> And yes C++ is scary, but that's a whole other nightmare.

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