On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 19:30, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:04 PM -0400 Nalin Dahyabhai > <nalin@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > You can use that. However, you should be aware that vi (and its companions) are available on ALL *nix variants and AFAIK no other editor has that distinction. Everyone is free to use what they want, but all *should* be familiar enough with vi to muddle through in those conditions where no other editor is available. (Boot from rescue CD or to single user mode are two examples.)
