On March 21, 2005 10:41, Duncan Anderson wrote: ... Learning to use "vi" never killed anybody. ...
No, it just made them wish they were dead! 8^} Vi is one of those necessary evils, because sometimes when your system is really messed up, it's one the few things that will still work, and that can save you. But I would never use it when something more sane was available. Forget to hit "i" and all your typing gets executed as commands. If you're a touch typist, you look back to the screen and your whole file is trashed. Nothing to do but ":q!" and start over. Forget to hit <esc> after inserting and all your commands are embedded in your file instead of being executed. Oh, and don't forget, if you're at the end of a line, you have to use "a" instead of "i". I could go on and on. Worst Editor Ever! (in the voice of Comic Book Guy) But I don't want to restart the Editor Wars! To each his/her own. 8^} -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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