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Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Thu Sep 16 02:07:24 UTC 2004


On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 05:30:03PM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> >If you're looking to do it with a text editor, the vipw(8) and vigr(8)
> >commands are handy.
> What about us Emacs users? :D

I know you're joking, but check the man pages -- set EDITOR variable to
emacs, and these commands and many others will just work.

However, vi is an excellent editor for manipulating config files. Go on all
you want about its various flaws, but this is something it's really good at.
And, it's incredibly useful to know, because you _know_ it'll be available.

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