23 May
2001
23 May
'01
5:46 a.m.
At 12:55 PM 5/23/01 -0400, liste(a)artware.qc.ca wrote:
The longest step by far is the "vi something"
to weed out the files you
want, which is pretty much the same as ctrl-clicking, and less error prone
(see below).
So you switched from a command line to a text-based UI of
sorts in 'vi'.
Only if you don't mess up and release the ctrl key
at some inoportune
moment, there-by requiring you reselect everything. Also, average users
(as opposed to advanced) don't know that ctrl-click allows them to select
multiple items.
So clicking the mouse at the right time is considered an
expert skill in Windows, but using 'vi' and writing scripts is
a novice skill in Unix. :-)
- John