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The main reason that Vi is the tool I use to edit config files is that I know for certain that Vi will be available on any normal Linux platform I'm dealing wit
by rkangel 9y ago
The main reason that Vi is the tool I use to edit config files is that I know for certain that Vi will be available on any normal Linux platform I'm dealing with - nothing to install.
Any new text editor isn't going to have the benefit - Vi has a 40 year headstart. Making it easy to run it standalone, without needing loads of dependencies (and therefore without needing to be in a package manager) makes it a much more useful tool. I could just SCP it across into my home directory and run it to do my work.