At 10:48 AM 2/20/2003 -0600, you wrote:
I know the difference between command mode and insert mode in vi. I happen to hate that there IS a difference. It's ugly. The designer of vi has committed a barney/teletubbie level crime against humanity. There are better ways to do an editor.
But to listen to UInix guru's, they feel that VI is the ultimate thing. HA. Maybe the ultimate thing available for Unix but not the ultimate in editors to say the least.
