/rescue/vi doesn't work without /usr (no terminal db)

Lars Kristiansen lars at adventuras.no
Thu Aug 25 20:58:28 GMT 2005



--On Thursday, August 25, 2005 02:45:35 PM -0400 "N.J. Thomas" 
<njt at ayvali.org> wrote:

> But when things have gone so wrong that you actually have to use the
> tools in /rescue, you are generally not in the mood to deal with
> something as archaic as ed. =-)

To keep a copy of the e3 binary somewhere convinient may be helpful.
It kind of simulates vi behaviour if started as e3vi.

/usr/ports/editors/e3
A full featured text editor written in assembler

--
Lars

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> Thomas






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