Will Hill wrote: >On Saturday 02 July 2005 11:05 am, Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > >>Well, I despise vi, so I guess that makes us even. >> >> > >What does this mean? > > > It means what it says. Shannon had a useless answer, so I had a useless reply.
>>Vi wins the award for most unusable interface for an editor.....ever. >> >> > >That's not true. Like any good tool, it takes getting used to but it's well >thought out and works. Using hjkl for motion is a great idea, so modes are a >good idea. You never have to take your fingers off the home keys. Konqueror >has adopted this too and this plus a nipple keyboard pointer is an extremely >easy to use interface. Once a few basics are grasped, vi is a powerful and >fast editor. As you learn to use it, you learn regular expressions. > > > I don't need the functionality it has, so I don't need to use an editor that I cannot figure out how to use without opening it. >>I should not have to read a manpage to figure out how to use an editor. >> >> >> > >You don't, just use another editor. > > > K. >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >
