On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Matt wrote:

> The only reason why I feel VI makes editing faster is the fact that you can 
> type a number before any sets of commands, going up 5 lines is quicker in Vi 
> than Windows, other than that .. get with it Linux users :)

Oh please...
 
> CTRL ZXCV are the basics, CTRL Arrows (move words at a time), CTRL 
> PageUp/Down = top/bottom of document. Shift CTRL Left/Right Del .. kill a 
> bunch of words, Shift Up/Down Del, kill a few lines ..

Yep, there are basic editing commands. But what about all the searching
with regex etc. I find d/} very useful and also the . command. The search
and replace is much more powerful as well. I am sure lots of others have
their favourite features.

I am very happy for you to use notepad but don't tell me to get with the
program because I want to use something which for me is more functional.
I don't want everyone else to use Linux and vi, *but* I do want to use it
myself. (Not trying to have a go at you specifically Matt).

Rodos

ObLinux, anyone know how to word wrap the current paragraph in vi? I might
just go searching.

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