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Re: Why I love VI

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From: Ian Nelson
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 22:03
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mschee@bcarh600.bnr.ca (Michael SamChee) writes:

>These two advantages alone is sufficient reason for *me* to
>favour vi as an editor. Needless to say, vi is very powerful
>(admittedly, not as powerful as EMACs).

>However, I must admit that when I first started learning vi,
>I was pissed off about the editor because I found the commands
>too cryptic. I therefore understand how you beginners feel.
>But after using vi for 1 school term, I was hooked to the editor
>because of its speed and power.

I know how to use VI pretty well and I still think it sucks.  Why can't they
port a good editor like Qedit or MultiEdit to UNIX?  I admit that vi is powerful
and it is pretty quick, but behind Qedit (with menus and arrow keys) I can 
produce stuff much faster,  when I use the hotkeys, I go even faster.
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From: ian@bvsd.co.edu (Ian Nelson)
Subject: Re: Why I love VI
Message-ID: <1992Aug6.220308.10458@bvsd.co.edu>
Keywords: vi, speed, power
Organization: Boulder Valley School District
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1992 22:03:08 GMT
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