On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 06:44:18PM -0800, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Feb 10, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Stewart Stremler wrote: > >The thing about vi is that even those who are proficient aren't likely > >to use all of the features available. > > I've been using vi and its variants for well over ten years now, and > consider myself reasonably proficient in it, but in terms of knowledge > of everything you can do with it (particularly with VIm), I am but a > neophyte. I can, however, slice & dice files to my heart's content > without ever looking at my keyboard. :) > > Gregory >
In the vi<-->emacs holy war, I carry a spear for vi, however if ever there was an 80/20, it's here for me. Maybe a 98/2. I can find, search & replace, do some basic indenting, etc. My shame is all the things in vi I have to ask about to turn off. I find most colored syntax a pain, but don't know where to go to make it go away. I can never remember how to turn on/off line wrapping and auto indent. Please don't rush to fix me, I'm just sharing (blathering). I'm enrolled in a Learn A New vi Feature A Month program, so assuming vi stays static, in about thirty years I should be close to proficient. It's depressing when even your editor's smarter than you are. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
