Missing Linux apps on Windows

Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knugum at gmail.com
Tue May 12 14:34:49 UTC 2009


Before I left Windows behind, I used Emacs for WIndows… I never
understood how to use Vi, so I didn't bother to find a Windows
equivalent. But now I left Windows for good, and I have a lot better
Emacs experience now.

Yes, this didn't have anything to do with the topic, sorry for writing.

J.R.

2009/5/12 Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>:
> Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) wrote:
>
>> Just like there are a few Linux/GNU/Free Software apps for which I have
>> not found Windows-equivalents. For example, grep, sed, awk, vi.
> ...
>> Anyway, *every* Linux distro has them installed by default, but you have
>> to jump trough hoops to get them on Windows.
>
> I certainly hope not!  No system of mine has ever had a full implementation
> of vi.  Ubuntu installs vim-tiny, and _that's_ too much.
>
>> Srsly, I cannot imagine how any system administrator could ever survive
>> without grep...
>
> Nothing I can't do with the search tool in explorer.  I _prefer_ grep, but I
> can manage just fine in Windows.
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> derek
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