On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 05:47:22PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: [snip] > With that said let me give you the biggest hint on learning any vi > variant: When in doubt, slap the ESC key. The commands and controls will > come in time but all of that doesn't mean a thing if you're in edit mode > when you want to be in command mode. When in edit mode ESC costs you > nothing. It doesn't change modes. So if you're not sure you're in command > mode, just hit ESC and you will be. Beyond that as long as you're used to > an advanced editor it is just learning the mapping for the concept {delete > line} to the key(s) {dd}/CNTL-Y/Home & Shift-END & DEL, etc. [snip]
<obFlameWar> Modal editors are Pure Evil(tm). </obFlameWar> ;-) T -- Computers aren't intelligent; they only think they are.