>Why doesn't Vim leave vi behind? As a new user I do not >benefit from all the vi-information. The only two reasons
In "compatible mode", you can turn 'vim' into 'vi', essentially. Still, people who come from different environments are still used to the 'vi' way of doing things, and in fact, I disliked undo/redo at first, as I could "uuuuuuu..." in 'vi' and see the exact last-change being toggled on/off (in/out, whatever) almost like looking at 2 almost-identical sheets of printed paper held up to the light to see the small difference between the 2. Point being, sometimes people will start out in compatible mode to get the feel for the new editor, then gradually phase in the new functionality. Once you start to deviate too far from its base, it no longer is a 'vi' variant, but is its own new (and different) editor. At that point, might as well go all-out and call it something else, not '.*vi.*'. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
