> For the record, I use vi.  Not just any vi either but
> THE vi in
> /usr/xpg4/bin/vi and I set my env var EDITOR that way
> too.

`vi` has this property that it can become ingrained in one's "muscle memory". 
And once that happens, one starts punching in `vi` keystrokes... in any editor. 
Can't imagine how I ever did without `vi`.

> Oh .. don't know if anyone knows this bit of trivia
> in the Solaris world but
> Rich Teer wrote his massive 1152 page book, "Solaris
> Systems Programming" in
> the time honoured tradition of using vi and troff.
>  It says so on page
> xxvi.[1]

Yep, he wrote something along those lines back then when he was writing the 
book; I remember that.
Personally, I find `troff` te be a fascinating tool.
 
 
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